The Regular Season crowd for S66 is a three-team race at the moment, but we’re going to be looking at only two of them for the rivalry portion of this assignment.

Yukon, being a fairly fresh team (but not franchise) doesn’t have a lot of natural rivalries outside a geographical battle with Anchorage which may or may not count depending on who you ask. But with Vancouver only two points up on the Malamutes and having played one more game, this is shaping up to be a fierce battle this season.

The two teams have only played one so far this season, with Vancouver coming out on top in a close 2-1 OT win, but it shows exactly what we’re hoping to see for the rest of the year and the three remaining games left between these two teams.
Vancouver is more offensive and has the best offense in the league, meanwhile Yukon has the second-best defensive record in the league which is exactly what you want to see. Best on offense vs best on defense. Both of these teams have yet to drop a game on the road, showing the mentality and battling nature of both of these franchises.

Aleksandr Iskandrov @dmuda11, Benjamin Surkhi-Ze’ev @HoltzFan10 and Edge Rocks @Edgerocks1 are leading the way for the Whalers, with all three of them within the top 4 scoring leaders currently. Benson Fiorentini @adamantium isn’t far behind as well.

As for Yukon, the scoring has been spread out and a little less. However, Oles Kobliska @The__Y-man__100, Dimitris Chrysanthos @CybershadeEDM, Lucas Percy @ItsSwitchh, and Billy Blazes @bibleman19 are having very strong seasons. Luckily for the Malamutes the real battle is in the standings, and I’m sure they would sacrifice personal points for team points.

Who will come out on top this season, and how will the next three games go down? Will it be done to the wire or will one of the teams pull far out ahead? It’s anyone’s guess, but it’s going to make for great hockey.