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Originally Posted by Domoic

In the NHL, I believe it is against the rules

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Just to add to the white gear talk, aside from potentially disorienting a hurried shooter between pads/netting, couldn't another aside also be for "battle scars"? I never wore white pads, but one of the reasons I liked white tape on my goalie stick was to see all those puck marks. Felt like war wounds to me or something, I liked it.

Stealth edit: And especially a white knob (insert joke here), I learnt that the hard way growing up. When you're playing at a level that doesn't have instant replay, sometimes in goal mouth scrambles if a ref briefly sees a small, black object in the net, he may call it a goal WHEN IT WAS TOTALLY THE KNOB OF MY STICK!!! Not that I've experienced that frustration or anything...goalies, don't use black tape for the knob.

This is why it is against the rules to use black tape on a knob. It can confuse refs and Video judges on replay.