The Islanders still have rainbow tape in their dressing room, Anders Lee told The Post, though no one has used it this season, in concert with the rules.

The National Hockey League has rescinded its ban on rainbow-colored Pride tape and will allow players to use it on the ice this season, it said in a brief statement Tuesday.

The NHL has banned the use of rainbow-colored stick tape for Pride Night events. This represents a giant step back for LGBTQ inclusion in the sport.

The change in policy was applauded by Pride Tape, an NHL partner and LGBTQ advocacy organization that sells Pride-themes sports merchandise including the rainbow-colored tape, which posted on X it ...

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 ...

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 makers of "Pride Tape," though, said they are "extremely disappointed" in the league's decision to wipe them out. "The league has used language in recent days that would prohibit the tape from ...

The NHL will no longer ban players from wearing Pride-themed equipment after Arizona Coyotes defenseman Travis Dermott used rainbow-colored stick tape in a game on Saturday.. In response to ...

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Former NHL executive Brian Burke has sharply criticized the league's decision to ban players from using rainbow-colored stick tape in support of the LGBTQ+ community this season. Burke, who spent ...

NHL players will be allowed to use Pride tape this season after all. The league, players union and a committee on inclusion agreed to give players the option to represent social causes with stick ...