It’s time for the release of the long awaited, 2022 NHL Mock Draft - Howies edition.  The buzz of the Stanley Cup is still very much alive. The Colorado Avalanche are plastered everywhere, and they earned it. There’s no greater accomplishment than getting your name engraved into the silver and nickel treasure that is the Stanley Cup, touched by the greats before you. But while Landeskog and the boys are still celebrating their victory, next season’s draft is already in the works and will be taking place this Thursday and Friday, July 7th & 8th. And there seems to be...

  The holidays are right around the corner and it's never to early to secure the best Howies Christmas gifts of the season! Check out the Top 5 Christmas Gifts to buy for the hockey player in your life now and get shopping!    Loaded Accessory Bag The Howies Loaded Accessory Bag comes pre-loaded with all the things you will need for the season. From Tape and Skate Stones to Stick Wax and Scissors, this bag is the one stop shop for hockey players of any age! Not to mention, you get to put all of your new accessories right...

At Howies, we have seen our fair share of perfect TJs, that being said, we have also seen even more grisly, filthy TJs if we are being honest (and not the good kind of filthy). If you happened to find yourself on this page, there is a decent chance your TJs are looking like Panarin with the "Roller Daddy" single strip because you're not sure what else to do. But low and behold, there is hope for you yet! The Howies team has put together some of our best taping tips to get you taping like a Pro!   Pre Taping...

It’s about that time. It’s time for our mock draft for the upcoming NHL Draft. We're predicting the top ten players to be drafted in the first round. However, it's a bummer that the draft is virtual again this year. Hopefully, things get better by 2022 because I'm not sure if I can handle another virtual draft where guys log into their Zoom accounts and begin their careers by hoping that their Wi-Fi doesn’t cut out. I miss all the people in the stands booing every pick. I miss the TSN guys scrambling to find highlights on Moritz Seider because the...

We have already covered why we tape our hockey stick, but now we need to figure out how often we should be retaping. We need to retape our sticks when the cloth starts to wear out, falls off, or is ripping from the stick. All of these instances can be caused from puck marks, shooting the puck, ice and snow getting under the adhesive and more. Let’s start with shooting and passing the puck. This wears the tape out because the edges of the puck start to scrape the tape and also leave puck marks. Like any tape, anytime you start...

While we all continue to buy roll after roll of hockey tape and do TJ after TJ but do we actually know why we are taping our hockey sticks? When it comes down to it, there are rather basic functions that hockey tape is servicing but if you have a tape that doesn’t have quite the right stick or falls off as soon as you hit the ice, you are going to be running into more issues than goals.  So why do we tape a hockey stick? Well, initially the tape is there to protect your hockey stick. You aren’t...

  When it comes to Beer League, we think of the Beer League Players Association. Being that most of our Howies crew is dedicated to playing Beer League (no, unfortunately none of us made it to the show) we saw nothing but a great collaboration with the BLPA! Traveling all of the States and even internationally, the BLPA successfully gives all of us Beer Leaguers an elite experience of being drafted to a great team with great sweaters, new friends and of course a few drinks.     If you are interested in following along on this tournament experience, check out...

As hockey players, we are no stranger to superstitions, especially on game days. Whether it be taping your stick in the exact same way, in the exact same spot at the exact same time before every game or doing your pregame ritual of a different handshake with every teammate, these things get our head right and ready for go time. At Howies, we all have our own different superstitions before we hit the ice but we decided to compile a few of our favorites, check 'em out and see if maybe you do the same thing before your games!  ...

When you are heading to the rink with your full hockey bag in tow, are you throwing your hockey tape in, or are you putting it inside your Howies Tape Tin? The inside of your hockey bag can be just as harmful as the outside, believe it or not. Here are the Howies tips and tricks to storing your Howies to make sure it lasts and doesn’t lose its stick, because when you have the world’s highest quality hockey tape, you should treat it that way!  Using the Howies Tape Tin We designed the Tape Tin to protect your tape from life in...

The boys over at Going Bar Down took the time to review some products from Howies Hockey Tape! Check out what they had to say about us on their review!    "We've all had it happen before, you pull a roll of tape out of your bag to tape your stick up - suddenly, it starts tearing right down the side leaving you with a frayed line of tape. Or worse, the tape starts to separate from the glue, and you're back to square one. Howies Hockey Tape set out to make a premium hockey tape to put an end to bad...

Looking for the right skate laces but not sure if you are a wax or cloth lace player? We are here to help! At Howies we like to consider ourselves pros when it comes to hockey equipment knowledge. I mean, we know it’s not true, but it makes us feel better. But when it comes to Howies products, we know the in’s, the out’s, and all of the in-betweens to help you decide what lace is best for you.   For someone who is looking at buying new laces, there are a number of reasons to choose cloth laces. Cloth laces,...

This argument is a tale as old as time. Is white or black tape better on your hockey stick, which has more benefits or helps give you the dirtiest dangles? Trust me, this conversation occurs often enough at Howies HQ to drive us all insane. So, is there a benefit that outperforms the other between the colors? Let’s have them faceoff and see which color takes the title.  Let's first start with white tape. It’s timeless, the OG, preferred by many and loved by most, but is it better? White tape brings puck visibility during possession, the puck marks on the TJ...