Pro Tips & Tricks

• a. If you tape toe to heel the exposed edges of the tape on the bottom will roll up
  i. Sorry but if that happens you just aren’t buying a good quality tape!
  ii. What about defensemen who skate backwards a lot?
• b. You want the ridges to be this way to help your shot
  i. The difference in puck contact
• c. Taping your stick is a very personal thing. You should tape your stick in a way that makes you comfortable and gives you the results and performance you need.
• d. If the tape is applied smoothly and without wrinkles and you are happy with it then don’t let anyone tell you “you’re doing it wrong!”

a. Speaking as a goalie for many years this is just not true. Goalies can still see the puck on your stick even if you have black tape on the blade.

b. You should use any color tape on your stick that you like and are comfortable with.

a. Also not true. Ask a guy named Ovechkin if goalies can read his shot better. He’s used white tape his whole career.
b. Tip for parents. As a kid I used white tape on my stick because I could see how many puck “touches” I had in a game or practice. Every kid wants to have the puck!

a. White and black cloth tape are made from the same base cloth but the black cloth is ofn course dyed black. The dyeing process does cause the black cloth to be a tiny bit thinner than white cloth and when wound in a roll after many layers build up the diameter of a roll of black will be slightly less than the diameter of a roll of white that is the same length.
b. The same thing is true for other solid colors of tape like red, blue and the many other colors we make.
c. The opposite is true for printed pattern cloth tapes. The printing actually slightly increases the thickness of the cloth slightly

a. The cloth for hockey tape comes in huge rolls before we put adhesive on it. Weaving equipment cannot make a continuous roll the length we need to suit our production line so they sew several long pieces together to make a very large roll.
b. Throwing out the rolls of tape that have seams would be very wasteful and make your hockey tape cost more.
c. Instead we leave the seams in the finished rolls of tape and as compensation add a few extra feet to the rolls that have seams.

a. Cloth hockey tape in a roll is actually somewhat fragile and can be damaged easily.
b. The process we use to cut the edges of the tape in our plant is designed to “seal” the edges of the cloth but damage can happen after the fact that causes this.
c. If you throw your tape in the bag it is getting banged around by your equipment. Impacts to the side of the roll causes the adhesive from two layers to be squeezed together and when you hit that spot in the roll when you use the tape it can cause a thread to break near the edge.
d. We suggest storing your cloth hockey tape carefully in your bag. Place it in your helmet or inside your skate boot so it isn’t getting beat up.
e. This is exactly why we created the Rolreserv Tape Storage container. It holds three rolls of tape and protects them from damage and dirt in your hockey bag.