Former NHL executive Brian Burke ripped the league’s choice to prohibit players from applying rainbow-colored tape to their sticks in support of the LGBTQ+ community this season.
The league outlawed the use of rainbow tape for Pride Night celebrations in a letter that was sent to each team last week. During the ’22 campaign, Pride Night became a controversial topic of discussion.
Burke, who spent a half dozen years as the league’s director of hockey operations and executive vice president, wrote in a statement on Wednesday that NHL’s latest mandate is a “setback” for those who do not wish to explain their choices.
