Posts About "Rivalries"
Blackhawks Top 3 Current Rivalries
March 25th, 2020 The Chicago Blackhawks have some of the most historic rivalries in National Hockey League history. Although many of them are in the past, the Blackhawks have earned plenty of enemies in the last decade with their three Stanley Cups in six seasons. Here are the top three current rivals of the Blackhawks. St. Louis...
Capitals vs. Penguins: State of the Rivalry
February 1st, 2020 The Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins will renew hostilities for the first time this season on Sunday. In a unique scheduling scenario, the division rivals went four months into the season without crossing each other’s paths but are now set to face-off four times in the next seven weeks. Each contest will be a...
My Dual Avalanche/Blues Fandom
January 28th, 2020 What team you root for is usually determined at a young age, influenced by your parents and where you were born. It’s easy to choose a team when you come from a big market location. What do you do when you’re from a city that didn’t have a hockey team when you were growing up? Do you keep allegiance to the team you were raised...
Rangers & Islanders Rivalry Reignited with Grit & Intensity
January 20th, 2020 The New York Rangers are in the midst of a nine-day span in which they play their state rivals, the New York Islanders, three times — twice at home at Madison Square Garden and once at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. It's an oddity in the schedule and yet it's built excitement in the New York community; it feels like this is...
Sharks & Golden Knights: The NHL’s Newest Rivalry
November 27th, 2019 The hatred between the San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights is shaping up to be one of the most brutally intense rivalries within recent hockey history. Quite simply put, these two division rivals cannot stand one another. Now when you look at other rivalries that currently exist throughout the league, matchups like the Toronto...
Bringing NHL Feuds to Centre Stage
October 27th, 2019 Oct. 19 marked the second of four meetings this season between the Calgary Flames and Los Angeles Kings. The first two matches were a mere 11 days apart. On those game days, and the 11 days in between, there was one story that was hard to overlook: the Drew Doughty and Matthew Tkachuk feud. In the media, and all over Twitter,...
