Icing Out Pride

The NHL deserves a loser trophy.by Adam WillemsThe Seattle Pride Hockey Association (SPHA) has a sticky origin story. 
In 2019, Joey Gale, who had recently moved to Seattle from the Midwest, hit the ice to play in a local rec league game. But his stick stood out among the rest, as he’d wrapped his in Pride Tape, a rainbow-colored departure from the black adhesive players typically use. The tape set off queer hockey peer Steven Thompson’s gaydar.“Steven… emailed me t