I consider the Kelowna Knights to be the biggest rival of the Vancouver Whalers. At the end of the day, some of the biggest rivalries in sport come down to nothing more profound than simple geography. There's something about seeing their fans attending your games in more numbers, the dueling chants at the games, and knowing those jerks are just a couple hours down the highway that really gets the hateful juices flowing. With both teams unfortunately lurking in the basement at the moment, the rivalry has had some time to cool. However, both teams have solid young cores on the way to being impact players, and as the fans start to get more excited about the future, that is becoming infectious with the players. As they continue to develop and both teams being expected to come out of their rebuild at the same time, fans and players alike can expect to get more explosiveness in the rivalry going forward