ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Many sports fans around the Alexandria area know Matthew Carlsen for what he does between the lines of competition in athletics. The senior for the Cardinals is a three-sport ...

“Take care of your sticks and they’ll take care of you.” That’s the advice that Marc Savard stresses to viewers in his YouTube videos where he recreates how various NHL players tape their hockey ...

MADISON >> Watch Madison’s Matt Gagliardi wind a roll of tape around and around a hockey blade until it’s wrapped with overlapping layers so precise it could be the work of a master craftsman. Behold ...

When Georgia club hockey junior Kyle Harris started playing hockey, he didn’t use stick tape. Being so young at the time, getting to play was the only concern. Later during Harris’ youth, tape and ...

TORONTO, ON - NOVEMBER 26: David Pastrnak #88 of the Boston Bruins skates against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on November 26, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The ...

For Stan Wilson, it's a big numbers game for his Coyotes, who use thousands of rolls of tape and sticks per season, not to mention players using up to three sets of gloves a period and even a few ...

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 ...