I'm overall pleased with the CCM U+12 skates, I have always worn CCM skates and when my last pair of E60's finally broke down after 10 years of officiating over 2000 games so I tried on these and the CL and didn't feel that I needed to spend the extra 200 for skates to be made in Canada. It only took me about 4 games to break in the skates. I've now had them for over a year and I love them I am thinking of buying a second pair just to have as a back up and for when I officiate a lot of games in a day to have a dry pair. The only problem I have with the skates are the plastic on the tongue cracked which really doesn't interfere with the performance of the skate or my skating.

Very comfortable skate, but very poor quality. Have had them for 8 months and over 20 eyelet are gone and tongue is torn. I like the skate, just wish it was made better.

Bought these skates thinking they would last at least a few years... boy was I wrong! After 5months there is a huge tear on the side of my boot. Took about 20 skates just to break them in. Called to exchange and CCM only warranties their product for 90 days. Stay away and don't waste your money.

Overall these skates are fantastic. Extremely light, and I feel like I float on the ice with these. Good protection too. The only problem I've had is the break in. I had to bake them twice, but these skates bruised my inner ankles and I have been in severe pain every time I put them on (or any other skate or boot). This happened despite barely tying them up high the first several skates. I have had to time a couple weeks off to recover and I have also had to take a hair dryer to the ankle area and press them in some more with the back end of a screwdriver.

Easily worst skate I've ever worn. Fell apart in 3 months. Now I have no eyelets or tendon guards and the tongue is destroyed. Also feels like there's a piece of metal sticking into my leg

These fit like a hockey skat eis supposed to. Toe barely touching the end but still not so tight that it's hurting your foot. I couldn't spend 3 minutes in a pair of Bauer Supremes because the toe was too tight even on a pair that was a full to half size too large for me (8.5). With the CCM U+12 I was actually able to size down to the size I am supposed to wear based on the sizing charts (7.5). I'm a US shoe size 9-9.5. THE U+12 and U+CL are basically the same skate minus some minor padding differences. The only other difference is the CL is made in Canada and the 12s are from Asia. So there may be a construction difference, but not one that is wight the extra $200. Make sure you buy these tight and bake them. I am more than pleased with mine.

I Officiate Junior, High School and College Hockey for the NCAA. I tried on the CCM U+ CL and the CCM U 12's. Both felt very good nice out of the box. I decided to go with the U 12's because basically I didn't feel much difference between the skates. I am sure they would be a suttle difference to a Junior, High School or Collegiate player, but for officiating these have more than enough support trust me. Great job CCM. Nice bounce back.