On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 8:01:56 AM UTC-7, sticks wrote:
Well this sucks. Hockey games will just be about hockey now. Good move!
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"Coyotes’ Travis Dermott on using Pride tape, forcing NHL’s hand: ‘Had to be done’"
"Travis Dermott had a lot on his mind as he carefully wrapped the shaft of his hockey stick with rainbow-colored tape.
The NHL had dispatched a memo to teams before the season, reiterating its ban on altering on-ice gear for warmups and practices to reflect theme nights.
The Arizona Coyotes defenseman was about to become the first player to defy that edict on supporting social causes — including Pride tape for the LGBTQ community. And he was going to do it in a game.
“A bunch of thoughts are going through your head,” Dermott said. “But not one of them was, ‘Should I do this or shouldn’t I do this?’ It was more, ‘How fast is it going to blow up? How much is it going to blow up? Is anyone even going to
notice?’
“It had to be done. I was going to deal with whatever came my way.”
What came his way was an avalanche of support after Dermott sported the tape on Saturday in Arizona’s home opener against the Los Angeles Kings.
It also didn’t take long for the NHL to backpedal. The league announced less than 72 hours later its ban on using stick tape to support social causes, including rainbow-colored Pride tape, had been rescinded."
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https://apnews.com/article/nhl-pride-tape-dermott-lgbtq-16318411d06d3b012d9274b826070631
TB
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