Travis Dermott explains his defiance of the NHLs Pride Tape ban and why hes dropping it for now

When Travis Dermott takes the ice in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, he plans to do so without the strip of Pride tape that thrust the Arizona Coyotes defenseman into the middle of one of the NHLs most controversial topics over the weekend.

Some 48 hours after he skated in defiance of a new NHL rule that prohibits players from displaying cause messaging on their equipment by wrapping Pride tape around the shaft of his Warrior stick on Saturday afternoon, Dermott had yet to even be contacted directly by any league officials.

However, given the chance to gauge the immense amount of coverage and attention his act of LGBTQ+ allyship received and with some time to reflect on how it may have put members of the Coyotes organization in an awkward position, he figures his point had effectively been made.

The wars not over. Definitely not, by any means, Dermott said. You dont want to fully back off and zip your mouth up when something like this happens, but youve got to find the right game plan to attack it with.

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