With Rivalries you tend to look at geographic location to find something worth drumming up. For Anchorage this would probably give them the Yukon.

Some tend to focus rigidly on Divisional opponents. Yukon and Colorado fit this mold for the boat gang.

Of course history plays it’s part, and back in the bad old days of STHS Anchorage was also Prince George. There was a lot of bleed over with the old rivalry with Detroit from this era and I am certain some animosity still exists.

Recent playoff matches can make less conventional rivalries flourish, like with the early S60s and late S50s between Quebec and Anchorage. Often those can feel as heated as old rivalries without having much outside of recent matchups to add to the flair.

For me personally, I’ve always relished the opportunity to defeat Detroit. When my first player played for Kelowna from S38 -> S40, the Falcons always seemed like tough opponents and sweeping them in the S40 4 Star Cup Finals has, so far, been the high point of my time on the site.

My last player here spent the early S50s playing for St. Louis, whose built in IRL animosity to Detroit and vice versa, are well known. This time, I plan for the pendulum of fortune to swing in my favour.