the mounting plate top 502 is slightly buried under the inside surface of the boot sole 216 such that slotted shapes are machined out from the inside surface of the boot sole 216 to expose the slotted openings 510 one embodiment contemplates the mounting plate 500 being textured to be better secured to the boot sole 216 when molded therein the mounting plates 500 can be made of metal such as aluminum steel titanium etc or can be a composite carbon material or polymer for example or ceramic yet other embodiments contemplate the mounting plates 500 constructed from a laminate of different materials sandwiched together that run parallel to the surface that mates with the ice hockey skate boot sole 216 in an optional embodiment shown in fig5 b 1 and 5 b 2 the mounting plate 500 provides slotted openings 510 that accommodate the bolts 413 and allow for offset adjustment of the cups 202 and 204 and runner blade assembly 220 more specifically as illustratively shown in fig5 b 1 the bolts 413 fixedly screw into accommodating holes 414 in the back cup 204 essentially retaining the cup 204 in an offset position to the far left to create an offset of the runner blade assembly 220 the back cup 204 is used herein to simplify the explanation however the same optional adjustments can be done with the front cup 202 fig5 b 2 shows the inverse of fig5 b 1 whereby the bolts 413 are positioned in.