How do I tape the Cub's hockey stick?

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Anything special about taping it? My recollection is that you just tape the blade all around to help increase friction on the blade. Do you tape it just once? Or a couple of layers?

2

you need puck tape.

i would think you would need multiple layers because a single layer might unravel when the bottom wore through.

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Moved to the Game Room.

samclem, moderator.

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Don’t use too much tape though. You can notice the weight.

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Some players like to twist a length of tape into a string shape and wind it around the handle in a corkscrew pattern, then taping over that with a flat wrap. It essentially gives the stick handle some contour to get you fingers into.

Here’s a video: How To Tape a Hockey Stick Knob - Grip - YouTube

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Another video about taping the blade if that’s the focus: How To Tape A Hockey Stick Blade - HowToHockey.com - YouTube

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Tape it just once. Only tape the area where the puck will be handled. When it wears out, tape it again. No need add extra weight. The tape won’t unravel. It will just get ragged on the bottom. Of course your budding Gretzky will “need” a $200 carbon fiber stick. They don’t wear on the heal the way the wooden sticks or blades did.

Make a knob on the end so the hand won’t slip off. It only needs to be about 1/2" in depth. Goalies like a large knob so the stick doesn’t get knocked out of their glove when there is a scrum in front of the net or if they make a sweep for the puck.

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I can’t see the videos from here, but make sure you tape the blade starting at the tip, and working towards the heel. That way it goes “with the grain” when skating forward.

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I used to run a single strip along the base (as reinforcement) and then taped tip to heel once with half width overlaps.

Handle taping was twice around the top and then I would pull out a 2-3 foot piece and spin it (hanging down) to get a string. Then I would spiral wrap it down the shaft for a distance of about a glove and a half, then tape back up and add a a decent bump at the top.

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Thanks for the comments, everyone. The videos were very helpful.

First lesson tomorrow night!

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Incidentally, have you cut it to the correct length yet?

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We got lucky - he picked up a left-handed stick of just the right length - last lefty, and last one of that length at the Canadian Tire we were at.