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A Hockey City: Rivals

What makes a rivalry?

Well, there are natural rivalries, like a close-to-the-chest commissioner who wants to control everything and the media who want to inform the public about what's going on...

There are the rivalries born in the intensity of a 6 or 7 game playoff series. Here's an example of one moment that created some strife between a couple of teams and fanbases...

And then there's just the rivalry surrounding bringing the Stanley Cup back to Canada...

(Sorry Vancouver... I was cheering for you both times.)