Abstract: A garter belt for supporting heavy stockings which cover protective leg gear worn by a hockey player. The garter belt includes a preferably elastic elongated waist engaging belt and a plurality of spaced apart garters each connected at an upper end thereof to, and downwardly depend from, the waist belt. Each lower end of each garter includes a first strip of fastener material formed of the hooked portion of two part VELCRO hook and loop fastener. A second strip of hooked fastener material is connected at its upper end to a mid portion of the garter and positioned to face and be generally coextensive and aligned with the first strip. The first and second strips straddle the stocking opening and are separable for releasible engagement against both inside and outside stocking surfaces just below the stocking opening. At least two garter strips at the front and back of each leg are preferred.