I have a Gretzky game used stick from ‘89. I had to see if his tape job matched up, and it’s exactly how you described it. You can see a strong diagonal start and ends on the back. Pretty cool
Love these stick taping vids. If you think about it, Gretzky's initial ("awkward start") tape placement makes sense. It's is due to the heel that he's taping above the bend. If you tape from toe to heel and include the bend in the heel, you eventually get to a point where the tape will slingshot across the blade like that. Then taping heel to toe, you probably get the most grip on the puck with the edge of the tape. In addition, none of tape will undo itself it's under the subsequent tape on the blade. I tried to do it with my tape job when I first started playing, but the awkward start is hard to get just right to get the perfect tape overlap that I want (overlap half the width of the tape at a time). I still love the concept, but I made the compromise (long ago before I learned about Gretzky's tape job) to tape toe to heel since it's so much easier to do without getting hung up on how to start the tape. But then, Gretzky taped way more sticks than I ever will in my life.
should i keep it tight? Just kidding. Love these videos. For multiple reasons. Good to see you healthy and your passion for the game close up. And this makes me feel "closer" to the game and to understanding some of the nuances of the games great players. What a joy to see. thanks Marc.
Looking at pastrnaks tapejob, do you think there is even a point in using tape when the blades come with grip? (optional) I dont know if its worth making a video on his tapejob but curious on your opinion on how much tape really matters. Also stickwax, ever use it? Dope vid Savy you're a legend
Great stuff man keep it up. Expanding this further and talking about all the pro stock gear like curves and skates and what not would be super intresting aswell.
How do you feel about putting an extra strip of tape along the bottom before taping the blade to prevent the part that contacts the ice from wearing through faster? I did that growing up to make my tape last longer. Great vids by the way, keep it up.
I used to do that but over time Ive found I want everything to be as light and thin as possible, for both the blade and handle. I find that a thicker tape job on the blade reduces my control for shooting and handling
I never knew Marc lived in Peterborough... I do remember him bringing the cup to Peterborough back in 2011, now that i'm thinking about it... but its something that totally slipped my mind over the years that Marc is a Peterborough boy, kinda makes me enjoy his videos that much more being from Peterborough myself and Its awesome to know that Marc is still a small town guy after years of living and playing in big cities. Im sure you know this already, but encase not, Marc is now the head coach of the Windsor Spitfires as of '21... so he must live in Windsor now. Do you know if Marc ever had a team role with the Petes over the years he lived here, post retirement? Its kinda wild to think Marc was a Peterborough resident for all these years and our hometown team didnt take advantage of it... maybe he was asking to much salary-wise for the Petes to hire him, maybe for some reason he didnt want to work with the Petes having been a Oshawa Generals player and thats the Petes long standing rival... or maybe he did work with our team over the years and im just obvious to the fact.
You are not doing the panarin Tape job, the only thing u got right was that he has a black tape string at the forehand. He does not have black tape on his backhand and the white tape he uses he tapes from the toe not like u did to the toe.
some players like white tape on the blade as it allows them to read where the puck is with a quick glace down at the blade, some players believe black tape helps hide the pucks release point from goalies and other players. I use to use white tape when I was younger for the reason I stated above, but I switched to black tape because I just like the overall looks way better especially since I dont use white sticks at all, it just makes for a cleaner and nicer overall looking stick imo... and with white tape being so popular to use on blades, I like the fact my black tape is more unique and of course so much more clean and stealthy looking... its really just all personal preference and habits
