The National Hockey League (NHL), the highest-level professional ice hockey league representing 32 North American teams, has banned individual players from wrapping their hockey sticks with ...

Buffalo Sabres right wing Alex Tuch uses a stick wrapped with rainbow-colored tape before the team's Pride Night game against the Montreal Canadiens on March 27. The company Pride Tape says it has ...

The NHL ruled in June that its players will no longer wear "specialty" jerseys after players opted out of wearing Pride-themed uniforms during warmups. Philadelphia Flyers Defenseman Ivan Provorov ...

VANCOUVER, BC – MARCH 22: The Vancouver Canucks tape their sticks with rainbow tape for the pre-game warm up to celebrate “Hockey is for Everyone” prior to the start of NHL action against against the ...

UPDATE (Oct. 24, 2023): The NFL rescinded its ban on rainbow-colored Pride tape, allowing players to use it this season. MINNEAPOLIS — The NHL is facing pushback over a new policy banning Pride tape ...

Pride Tape will be allowed to be part of NHL events this season after all, as the league reversed its ban that had sparked a backlash among many hockey players. "Players will now have the option to ...

The National Hockey League will reportedly bar players from using rainbow-colored Pride tape on their sticks as part of its new rules governing theme nights, a controversial decision that comes just ...

All 32 NHL teams have Pride Nights or a similarly designated night to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Those celebrations will apparently be a bit less colorful this season. First, the league announced ...