The NHL’s 10 Best Team Rivalries

August 3rd, 2010 by Matt Hutter Leave a reply »
If you've ever played competitive sports of any kind, you likely know the joy that comes with a very special kind of hatred generated by team rivalries. The animosity that exists between rivals is born out of a strange mix of respect, dislike, malice and schadenfreude. When this type of emotion exists between squads, what is usually a simple match-up between a home and an away team becomes nothing short of a battle between good and evil. Of course, which side is which is always a matter of opinion. But, for a player there is nothing better than facing off against a team populated with players you're quite certain you could murder in cold blood, and still have no trouble looking yourself in the mirror the next morning. For NHL fans, the emotions generated by team rivalries are often no less intense than they are for the players. If you've supported your team in an arch rival's barn, you know that fans of the other side have no qualms about publicly questioning your parentage, sexuality, intelligence or whether or not you know exactly where you can stick that jersey you're wearing. Team rivalries, for hockey fans, do an almost impossible thing: they make the greatest tea ...

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