Posts Tagged Rivalry

  • NHL Lacking Star-Power Without Crosby-Ovechkin Rivalry

    The hockey world is not the same.It seems like ages ago when Sidney Crosby ingrained himself in the hearts and minds of Canadians forever with his climactic Golden Goal against the Americans in the final of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. With Crosby on the mend with a severe neck injury and reoccurrin...

  • Canucks vs. Bruins: Where Does Their Rivalry Rank?

    The Vancouver Canucks have had their fair share of hate-filled rivalries over the years, but currently some of those rivalries are beginning to fizzle out. Whether it is the result of a rival team struggling for a few years, or just scheduling issues, the hierarchy of Canucks rivalries has begun to ...

  • Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins: The Best Rivalry in the NHL?

    There are certain teams in sports that will always be rivals. No matter who the players are and what the situation is, there will be hostility. The Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins possess one of those rivalries. This ongoing war on ice goes back nearly a century and includes countless chapt...

  • Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins: Player Safety Transcends Rivalry

    It only takes a brief visit to the comment section on an NHL message board to learn how fans of the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins view one another; and the emotions run more deeply than clever monikers like Filthadelphia and *****sburgh can truly capture. However, in the last few days,...

  • NHL Realignment: Is the Chicago Blackhawks-Vancouver Canucks Rivalry Dead?

    With the NHL Board of Governors nearly unanimous in their decision to change the structuring of the NHL conferences last night from a Western Conference and an Eastern Conference to four separate conferences, some rivalries have been hurt or lost altogether in the movement. On the Western side of th...

  • Freeway Face-Off: Five Facts You May Not Know About the Kings/Ducks Rivalry

    While it doesn't grab the headlines of other NHL rivalries, the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings have slugged it out with the best of them over the last 15 years.The two clubs rekindle the "Freeway Face-Off" with a home and home series beginning Wednesday night at Staples Center, and ending ...

  • Chicago Blackhawks: Is There a Rivalry with the St. Louis Blues?

    Whenever the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues face-off, the games are more physical and chippy than an average regular season game on the NHL schedule. It's quite possible that these two Western Conference Central division teams are more than just teams — they're rivals.As far as I can r...

  • Chicago Blackhawks: Is the Rivalry with the Vancouver Canucks Built to Last?

    The Chicago Blackhawks return from Florida, three points in hand, to take on what has become their most notorious rival in the Western Conference. Sunday's date with the Vancouver Canucks in the United Center is the first meeting of the two teams since Vancouver's overtime victory in Game 7 of their...

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