While at the BU-Northeastern game last night, my wife asked,"Why do
players tape their sticks?" I really didn't know the reason why. My
father once told me that the forwards and defensemen tape their sticks
with black tape to disguise the puck from the opposition while puck
handling, and goalies use white tape to disguise the ice from shooters.
Seems logical. Yet some goalies use black tape, while forwards and
defensemen use white, which blows my fathers theory. Anybody have an
answer to my wife's question and know why players use either black or
white tape?
 
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