Posts About "Rivalries"
Canucks vs Avalanche: An Underrated Rivalry That Is Heating Up
November 15th, 2020 Sports rivalries are a reason to circle your calendar, cancel plans and tune in to see who earns bragging rights, makes history and in many cases, gains playoff positioning. But not all rivalries are within their division or conference, which means that the rarity of these matchups makes them even more exciting. In the NBA, we...
Los Angeles Kings’ Greatest Rivals
November 8th, 2020 The Los Angeles Kings joined the NHL in the 1967-68 season. A hockey team that has been around for over half a century is bound to have some intense rivalries, and the Kings are no exception to this. Although they don’t have any rivalries on the scale of the Boston Bruins versus Montreal Canadiens, they do have a few noteworthy foes....
The Sharks and Kraken Could Have a Great Rivalry
October 1st, 2020 A new team emerging in the Pacific Division in 2021-22 is bound to cause a stir. The San Jose Sharks quickly evoked a rivalry with the previous newcomers, the Vegas Golden Knights, and it is not a far reach to assume they will do it again with the Seattle Kraken. With possible tension due to the fight for the best jersey, cultural...
The Detroit Red Wings Lack A Modern-Day Rivalry
September 4th, 2020 The Colorado Avalanche. The Chicago Blackhawks. The Toronto Maple Leafs. Even the Pittsburgh Penguins. What do these teams have in common? At one point or another, they were considered rivals of the Detroit Red Wings. The list is not limited to those four teams; an Original Six franchise like the Red Wings has a storied history with...
Vancouver Canucks and Seattle Kraken: The Next Great NHL Rivalry
July 25th, 2020 National Hockey League rivalries can be intense, highly entertaining and will fester and smoulder for decades, only to be freshly renewed during the postseason; the proverbial pulling the scab off an old wound. Until now, the cities of Seattle and Vancouver have had a kinship that dates back more than a century. They are unofficial...
Canucks' Biggest Rivalries in Franchise History
April 30th, 2020 Over their 50 seasons in the NHL, the Vancouver Canucks have developed quite a few rivalries with teams around the league. Divisions and the playoffs created these rivalries, which keep fans interested in certain matchups and create hate between the two teams and their supporters. Calgary Flames The Canucks have played the most...
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,...
Canadiens vs. Maple Leafs - Rekindling the NHL's Oldest Rivalry
October 25th, 2019 It’s always a special night when the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs suit up to hit the ice. Not only is it the oldest rivalry in the National Hockey League, some would argue it’s one of the most monumental matchups in all of professional sports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13GoCMhtNS8 The Past The...
