St. Louis for the main reason that they are the only other team in the midwest in the J and they are so fucking smug about being good when they are good. It's one of those games where every time there is a match between the two teams fans travel from either city quite well. The midwest has a proud hockey history with boasting several SHL franchises such as Chicago and Minnesota and so the intense rivalry between those teams carries down into the SMJHL. Everyone always wants to be able to say they've got the best hockey team in the region and this year Detroit has really meant it. If you want to know what the rivalry means for fans ask Detroit fans who were in the Arena on January 15th when Detroit trounced St. Louis 9-1. Normally fans would be leaving at the 2nd intermission to beat traffic but Detroit fans stayed for the whole game just to really rub it in the face of st. Louis.