So there is a thread out there that proclaims the Minn vs. Wisc to be the "greatest rivalry"...I bet we can come up with some others that would argue against that supposition. In my own experience I'd nominate: Clarkson v. St. Lawrence. Why you ask? Well with 178 games contested between the two and a series going back to 1925 these two school, which are only a mere 10 miles apart, fiercely compete for North Country bragging rights. Or what about Cornell v. Harvard? A rivalry dating back to 1910 and has a movie line to boot. Others??
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Best Rivalry in College Hockey???
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SCSU Euro
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Re: Best Rivalry in College Hockey???
No way its an EZAC matchup. Its either Minn-UW, UND-Minn, or BC-BU. Though Mich-Mich St. really hate each other too.
No way its an EZAC matchup. Its either Minn-UW, UND-Minn, or BC-BU. Though Mich-Mich St. really hate each other too.
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Re: Best Rivalry in College Hockey???
While I agree people from Minnesota and Wisconsin really don't like each other, I say UND is a bigger one. All they have is college hockey, so their hatred bottles up for one sport. Also, doesn't one team have to win more than 37% of the games in order for it to be considered a great rivalry?
While I agree people from Minnesota and Wisconsin really don't like each other, I say UND is a bigger one. All they have is college hockey, so their hatred bottles up for one sport. Also, doesn't one team have to win more than 37% of the games in order for it to be considered a great rivalry?
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Fire Walt Kyle vs. Fire Timmay
NCAA vs. Adrian
UAH vs. club status
oops ... also
UND vs. PC (not Providence)
Fire Walt Kyle vs. Fire Timmay
NCAA vs. Adrian
UAH vs. club status
oops ... also
UND vs. PC (not Providence)
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Re: Best Rivalry in College Hockey???
It AIN'T Minnesota-Wisconsin, that's for darn sure.
Remember the year, not too long ago, when the Gophers and Badgers met in the third place game of the WCHA Final Five and the Gophers "had nothing to play for," so they called the game meaningless and took the game off and got whooped by Wisconsin, who came to play a rival. The Gophers went on, I believe, to one of their NCAA performances that make Sioux fans buy tee shirts and hockey jerseys of teams they probably never heard of before!
So, if a team can flat out take off a game against a "rival," it sure can't be the best rivalry in all of the sport!
It AIN'T Minnesota-Wisconsin, that's for darn sure.
Remember the year, not too long ago, when the Gophers and Badgers met in the third place game of the WCHA Final Five and the Gophers "had nothing to play for," so they called the game meaningless and took the game off and got whooped by Wisconsin, who came to play a rival. The Gophers went on, I believe, to one of their NCAA performances that make Sioux fans buy tee shirts and hockey jerseys of teams they probably never heard of before!
So, if a team can flat out take off a game against a "rival," it sure can't be the best rivalry in all of the sport!
SCSU Euro
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So... other than the 10 mile thing, looks like you got some 'splainin' to do...
So... other than the 10 mile thing, looks like you got some 'splainin' to do...
aceman5434
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Re: Best Rivalry in College Hockey???
Better Rivalry- Michigan VS Ohio State...I bet most would agree with me
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EZ explaination...LOONNNNNNGGGGG history and let's face it, there is absolutely NOTHING else in the North Country going on. Probably draws like 80% of the local population to the games. Can anywhere else claim THAT?
EZ explaination...LOONNNNNNGGGGG history and let's face it, there is absolutely NOTHING else in the North Country going on. Probably draws like 80% of the local population to the games. Can anywhere else claim THAT?
Re: Best Rivalry in College Hockey???
You really need to expand your horizons a little bit.
You really need to expand your horizons a little bit.
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I'm not discrediting them in the sense that I don't think they're rivalries. But like I said, if there are Minnesota fans who would say that one or the other is not even their school's biggest rivalry, then I don't see how either can be the biggest in the whole sport. It seems to me that a precondition to even being considered should be that the vast majority of people from both schools should consider the other school to be their school's biggest rival. For instance, 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.
Re: Best Rivalry in College Hockey???
This pops up from time to time. There's no right answer, but BU-BC, Michigan-MSU, Minnesota-UND, and Clarkson-SLU are for the most part considered the primary "most heated rivalries" in the college hockey world. If you disagree with those four, I'm sorry, but you're a dumbass.
On the next tier I'd definitely put UNH-Maine and Minnesota-Wisconsin - both of those transcend hockey (as does MI-MSU, obviously).
Cornell-Harvard gets an honorable mention but it's so one-sided in terms of hate.
This pops up from time to time. There's no right answer, but BU-BC, Michigan-MSU, Minnesota-UND, and Clarkson-SLU are for the most part considered the primary "most heated rivalries" in the college hockey world. If you disagree with those four, I'm sorry, but you're a dumbass.
On the next tier I'd definitely put UNH-Maine and Minnesota-Wisconsin - both of those transcend hockey (as does MI-MSU, obviously).
Cornell-Harvard gets an honorable mention but it's so one-sided in terms of hate.