A stick is taped rainbow colors during warm-ups in support of the NHL's "Hockey is for Everyone" initiative during Pride Night prior to the game against the Edmonton Oilers at the United Center on ...

And now, players will no longer be able to wrap their sticks with Pride Tape — a rainbow-colored adhesive product that launched in 2016 with the NHL’s assistance — for any on-ice activities ...

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 ...

However, players such as Arizona Coyotes defenseman Travis Dermott have flaunted the ban. McDermott had a small amount of Pride Tape on his stick during the team's Oct. 21 home opener, prompting a ...

The NHL sent a memo to teams last week clarifying what players can and cannot do as part of theme celebrations this season, including a ban on the use of rainbow-colored stick tape for the Pride ...