Best Rivalry in College Hockey???

[RedFreak]

Re: Best Rivalry in College Hockey???

Careful, I said that a year ago and got burned at the stake.

You got better?

[Gurtholfin]

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When I was real young and started going to Gophers games (first game at age 5), I always had the impression the Gophers were the center of the universe...

And that's changed how? Don't all Gopher fans feel that way? Isn't it a requirement? State of hockey and all...


Just kidding, I get your larger point and I still wonder how any talented player would go to any WCHA school other than ours. I wouldn't even need to get off the plane in Grand Forks on a recruiting trip and I'd be like, we're outta here. Why would anyone CHOOSE to live in that wasteland when they could live in Madison or the Cities?

[Jon]

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Careful, I said that a year ago and got burned at the stake.

You've held up surprisingly well.

[VarsityWisconsin]

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I'm glad I instigated such an argument by starting the Badgers vs Goofers thread. Is it fair to say the trio of UND-UW-UM is the greatest rivalry in college hockey? UW and UND have a heck of a rivalry as well. It's almost like a love triangle.

[jmh]

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It's North Dakota! You have a tree, and a hockey team. Well, I would love to destroy one of your signs of hope. And no, it's not the tree.

Aw, good for them, when did they get that tree?

[Gurtholfin]

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I'm glad I instigated such an argument by starting the Badgers vs Goofers thread. Is it fair to say the trio of UND-UW-UM is the greatest rivalry in college hockey? UW and UND have a heck of a rivalry as well. It's almost like a love triangle.

Love...

When Minnesota is here with all their fat guy 25 year old fans wearing those horrible jerseys(especially love the neon-urine alternate), spelling out their state and all the other stupid things they do, I'm sure that I hate them more than anything in this whole wide world.

Then, the mullets show up and I have to rethink things.

I hate them both, but I hate the Gophers more and that's probably because of the other layers that go into that rivalry. Football, basketball, Vikings, Twins, endless prairie, black flies, Minnesotans, etc.

Badgers Sweep and bring the pain!

[Jon]

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Love...

When Minnesota is here with all their fat guy 25 year old fans wearing those horrible jerseys(especially love the neon-urine alternate), spelling out their state and all the other stupid things they do, I'm sure that I hate them more than anything in this whole wide world.

Then, the mullets show up and I have to rethink things.

I hate them both, but I hate the Gophers more and that's probably because of the other layers that go into that rivalry. Football, basketball, Vikings, Twins, endless prairie, black flies, Minnesotans, etc.

Badgers Sweep and bring the pain!

It would really **** them off if you started spelling "Wisconsin" after every goal. Try it.

[VarsityWisconsin]

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It would really **** them off if you started spelling "Wisconsin" after every goal. Try it.

Na. We'll just chant, "One, two, three, four, five, six, WE WANT MORE!"

[The Rube]

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Love...

When Minnesota is here with all their fat guy 25 year old fans wearing those horrible jerseys(especially love the neon-urine alternate), spelling out their state and all the other stupid things they do, I'm sure that I hate them more than anything in this whole wide world.

Then, the mullets show up and I have to rethink things.

I hate them both, but I hate the Gophers more and that's probably because of the other layers that go into that rivalry. Football, basketball, Vikings, Twins, endless prairie, black flies, Minnesotans, etc.

Badgers Sweep and bring the pain!

The bolded coming from a WI fan. *ing hilarious.

Na. We'll just chant, "One, two, three, four, five, six, WE WANT MORE!"

Yay, you can count.


As for the MN/UND/WI thing, it's not even citie/s (like BU-BC, SLU-Clarkson). It's STATES. Even tUMD, SCSU, and MSU-M fans hate WI and UND. They're not necessarily cheering FOR UMN, but.....

I mean, come on. It's Wisconsin. And North Dakota. They are actually considered "states."

[RedFreak]

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It would really **** them off if you started spelling "Wisconsin" after every goal. Try it.

Even dopier than the gopher rouser, when Iowa was in Madison a couple of weeks ago for football they were doing it too. All four letters. It was an impressive showing by their best and brightest.

[willythekid]

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woog vs. whiskey

[UHall6]

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I don't think I could reasonably claim that Cornell-Harvard is the biggest rivalry in college hockey in view of the fact that a large portion of Harvard fans would say their biggest rival (even in hockey) is Yale and not Cornell.

From what I've seen around here, when Harvard has a winning streak against Cornell, Cornell is their rival. When Cornell has the upper hand, Yale is their rival.

[Gurtholfin]

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The bolded coming from a WI fan. *ing hilarious.

Not a lot of mullets or rednecks here in Madison, but go to Milwaukee and all bets are off. As far as what they show on TV at the Packer games, I cannot defend those people in any way.

But we're not talking about Milwaukee or Green Bay. Those are the peasants and worker bees.

How's THAT for arrogance?

[The Rube]

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Not a lot of mullets or rednecks here in Madison, but go to Milwaukee and all bets are off. As far as what they show on TV at the Packer games, I cannot defend those people in any way.

But we're not talking about Milwaukee or Green Bay. Those are the peasants and worker bees.

How's THAT for arrogance?

Please. I wouldn't even consider those people to be functioning human beings. St Cloud is a better city than any city in WI, and your typical St Cloudian has more tattoos than teeth (and that's just the women!) and an IQ of gray.

Believe me, I've been in, through, and around WI (save for Madison...why the heck would I want to go to WI's "headquarters"?!) and there's a LOT of people who look like this (this was the first image under Google search for "typical Packer fan" btw):

*****http://beargoggleson.com/files/2009/09/fat-packer-fan.jpg******

[Cross-Czech]

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For me, DU vs. CC is the best rivarly. Can't beat it. Especially a couple years back when both teams were top 5 nationally, played 4 regular season games, shared the MacNaughton, played for the Broadmoor championship with DU winning, and played in the Frozen Four with DU winning again

Rivalries such as Clarkson/SLU, Tech/Northern, RPI/Union, Maine/UNH, Cornell/Harvard, etc. fall into a simliar boat.

But, if you are arguing "best" rivalry in all of college hockey, to me, the deciding factor has to incorporate national/regional interest. This doesn't mean that the fans of those particular schools are any more passionate, hate eachother more, the games are any better, or mean anything more to those fans than the fans of lesser known rivalries.

With that said, I'd have to put the top 4 as BU/BC, UND/Minn, Wisc/Minn, Mich/Mich St. The top spot is interchangeable each year depending on how each team is doing.