Highlights: On Tuesday, the NHL reversed a ban on using Pride Tape — rainbow-striped hockey tape — and other shows of LGBTQ+ support on the ice. “After consultation with the NHL Players Association and the NHL Player Inclusion Coalition, players will now have the option to voluntarily represent social causes with their stick tape throughout the season,” said the league in a statement.
The ban had been put in place over the summer, along with outlawing special jerseys. However on Saturday, Arizona Coyotes’ Travis Dermott used Pride Tape to specifically protest the ban.
The NHL forgot 70% of their players are under the age of 30 when they made the policy. Of course there’d be players forcing the issue.
Most are Canadian, many are Swedish and Finnish and American… but some are Russian, and it was largely Russian players that protested the pride warmup jerseys.