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*puolivalmiste* · 12-23-2024, 04:02 AM

Which team is your team's biggest rival in the league and why? This could be due to recent history, old history, medium history, personal beef, branding antagonism, passing on you in the draft, etc. - whatever the reason, which team in the league would you consider to be the biggest rival of your team?

Written Option: Write 150 words about the above

Graphic Option: Make a Rivalry Week promo graphic highlighting the two teams squaring off

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Glyc · 12-23-2024, 10:39 AM

Outen Deboonies has many rivalries but not necessarily for a good reason. As a man of the bush, Outen feels uncomfortable when not out in the boonies. Therefore he rejects teams that speak of man's hubris. The greatest of these is the Newfoundland Berserker. You see these men purposefully live in the maritimes, nuts. What bushes do they even have to sleep in out on those rocky peninsulas? You can’t trust a man that knows fish more than soil, that's for sure. Beyond this Bouten must sadly conclude that there is a secondary reason. The Season 63 finals where the Grizzlies lost 4-1 against Newfoundland. That one just leaves a sour taste, but also the Season 76 Playoffs in Round 2 losing 4-2, and losing in Round 1 Season 74 4-1 again. Overall its kind of a one-sided rivalry but It’s what we’ve got. Sure we can count other minor spats but this one really feels like the hate-lationship a team needs?

***SDCore*** · 12-23-2024, 12:50 PM

Simmer PT Pass

Jagg102 · 12-23-2024, 02:19 PM

The biggest rivalry/hatred i have is with the anchorage boats, not only do they think that theyre hot shit, but they think theyre THE hot shit, they were owning the league, walking through everyone, because they have that FRAUD Beneski (biggest future bust ive seen in the history of ever) but they just think they can waltz through the league despite only being 5th, and being absolutely carried by a fraud of a center and a man cosplaying as a greek god, which we all know greece isnt real you idiot, stop trying to push your PROPAGANDA on me.

Every single time we see them, and every win we get is glorious, but to beat the boats is almost euphoric, theres no high, opioids, amphetamines, the like, nothing gives me the high like sinking a ship, other than spending all my money on packs in the shop, but thats THE ONLY COMPETITION.

Knights

grok · 12-23-2024, 08:55 PM

Dev PT pass

Beavie · 12-23-2024, 10:19 PM

You know what? To add some fun to this, I'm going to request it be done by a man who knows how to address his enemies. Is this too much? Probably. Is it fun?

Yeah. So with that, Eddie Kingston!

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COLD WORLD

"Nah, nah nah. Listen here. You talk about who disrespected the great French-Canadian Claude L'Castor?

"How about we start with the team who chose to draft a centerman in a draft full of them right before the hottest goaltending prospect in San Diego? Tidal

You see, they skate around in their bright orange jerseys, looking like a team of fruit roll ups, and they don't have any good iced drinks in their arena. You can't expect someone to play in San Diego in the hot sun in a bunch of goaltender gear and not sweat their asses off.

But at least their arena is near a beach and not in the middle of nowhere like the Canadian Tire center for the Highlanders.

You think you're tough? With your Braveheart wannabe [explicit]? Oh, buddy, your freedom isn't going to be the thing to worry about when you have to drive home in the dark after a game.

But then there's Joe Primeau and the Vancouver Whalers. Whalers

Oh? You mad I'm dissing the Believer dude? THIS IS REAL! IT'S REAL! The dude is from Montreal and doesn't even go to the Quebec's IIHF, and instead is chasing music hits, but Claude already knows him well and he'd leave Vancouver again in a heartbeat!

As for the Detroit Falcons? Falcons

Well, they're already six feet under this season, and the Waleye, they got a fish? Walleye

Good luck shedding that Elk curse and we'll see you in another 20 seasons when that doesn't work and you move to Halifax or something. Though speaking of, Nevada we got a fish dude in our locker room. Dude slaps.

Carolina? Kraken

The Kraken? Sorry someone stole your gimmick. First some dudes in a reality we can't mention, and another where San Diego steals your colour.

Oh speaking of, why do we have teams in Yukon Malamutes

and Alaska Armada

? Claude is freezing his [explicit] off. That travel, ain't good for you. Newfoundland Berserkers

, you ain't safe there on the East Coast. The half hour thing? Terrible! Maine, you get a pass, barely. But I'm watching you. Timber

Then there's Great Falls Grizzlies

and Kelowna. Knights

You can't point those on a map. Why do they have teams and my homies back in Yonkers, New York ain't got a team?

Then we get Colorado. Raptors

Claude tried some of the green stuff there, it was medical, in the form of a creamm recommended by his doctor for his elbow after it faced 20 shots. Gave him a rash! Don't go anywhere near there!

How about we end at home with Quebec City. Citadelles

You see, when you force a man to stare down the barrel of 50 shots a game, they can't stand it. But worst of all, he had some poutine at the concession stands as his cheat day, missing home, trying that good old home cooking, and he goes to open it up, and it is shredded cheese! There are some crimes you can't repent for! You disrespected not just all of Canada, but the entire province of Quebec!"

**Eddie Kingston leaves and Claude sheepishly walks on**

"Ahem, uh, Bonjour. I would like to apoligize for the language of Mr. Kingston. Most of that was not real. The man did, as we call 'Working ourselves into the shoots.' Though, I did have a bit of a rash, uh, my doctor is managing it. Then, uh, the Quebec City team's poutine, I learned, they had to use shredded as a substitute because of a supply issue. I was given a refund, and it is all good now. But please, stop shooting the puck so much. I need a break. merci beaucoup."

***TomServo*** · 12-23-2024, 11:00 PM

Look, I've only been here a few weeks, but I've already learned one crucial team rule: we don't like the Vancouver Whalers. Why? Well, I'm still piecing that together, but the veterans get this special kind of eye twitch whenever someone mentions Vancouver. I guess it has something to do with some heated playoff series last season where things got spicy – like "someone stole someone else's lucky socks" level of drama. From what I gather, these games turn into something between a hockey match and a soap opera on ice. Every time we face the Whalers, both teams apparently forget how to win by more than one goal, just to keep everyone's blood pressure nice and elevated. I'm still learning the full backstory, but I'm already practicing my "mean mug" face for when we play them. Because nothing says "serious rivalry" quite like a rookie trying to look intimidating while still getting lost on the way to the locker room. (WC 160)

***Inf1d3l*** · 12-24-2024, 08:27 AM

I'm pretty sure that the biggest rival the San Diego Tidal have is easily the Whalers and I'll tell you why. First of all, the Tidal respects all marine life and does a lot to donate to various charities involving keeping our waterways and oceans clean and protected. Meanwhile, the Whalers are out there just killing whales all willy-nilly and pretending it's not even a problem I haven't seen a team be so blind to public relations since Halifax, and they just were bad. Second, the Whalers had a chance to take any players they wanted in the draft with the 2nd overall pick in the draft and passed on taking multiple different players that now skate for the Tidal and we obviously now are out to show the Vancouver team how wrong they were to do so. So expect the Tidal to continue to beat down the Whalers this season, and seasons to come, to prove a point. The Whalers are a rival, but more so in that they are gonna get beat down, and less be competetive.

Rotti · 12-24-2024, 09:21 AM

The biggest rival for the Thunder Bay Walleye is for sure the Quebec City Citadelles. Wow there is a lot of bad blood going on between these two squads. How can we even sum it up without talking about the big event, the brawl of all when both teams had a line brawl and it was not good. Just think about how bad it could have been if someone caught a skate blade to the dome or something. I do not think these teams will ever work out their issues because truly they do not like each other. Rumor has it that the Quebec GENERAL MANAGER wants to kick the Thunder Bay team out into thunder bay itself and make them swim home. The Thunder Bay general manager wants to force the Quebec City team to go to quebec city and start speaking english as loud as possible without an accent. Both things could end very poorly for either team in my opinion.

kb.m · 12-24-2024, 01:59 PM

Rivalry week is heating up in the desert as the Nevada Battleborn face off against there nemesis, the San Diego Tidal, for the second time this season. These teams dominate the southwestern market of the SMJHL, and naturally have grown to dislike each other based on proximity.

In their first meeting, Nevada was able to squeeze out a win a despite being out shot. Stellar performances by both goalies had this game tied half way through the third, when the Battleborn went on the power play after an unsportsmanlike penalty by Ivanoff. Seconds later, Drew McIntyre fired one into the back of the net off a quick one-two pass from Marshal and Hennessy.

The Battleborn dominated possession, winning 57% of the faceoffs. Yet they barely came away with a win where neither team could control their temper. Marshal took a bad interference call with 5 minutes left in the game, where The Tidal nearly tied it. Nevada committed 7 of the 13 total penalties, and were lucky that San Diego couldn’t convert.

Game link: https://index.simulationhockey.com/smjhl...1210101419

In an intense rivalry like this, keeping your cool and playing controlled hockey is everything, something I’m sure each team is emphasizing going into their second matchup. But with these young players, who knows what energy they’ll bring to the ice when they’re up against a team they hate. I’m personally betting the over on total penalties for their next matchup.

Joshua Holden · 12-24-2024, 03:32 PM

This season seems to have a rivalry brewing between the San Diego Tidal and the Maine Timber. Right now the Timber and Tidal sit tied for 8th place in the standings with 24 points each, with each team also having 2 wins in the season series between the two. These two teams play each other 2 more times this season so it would be a pretty good bet that both games will be a good and hard fought battle. Right now the Timber have a small advantage having played only 24 games to the Tidal's 25. The Timber also have 12 wins to the Tidal's 10. In the 4 games played so far the teams have exchanged a blowout. The first game was won by the Timber 7-3, followed by a 5-3 Tidal victory. The other two games were a 11-4 Timber win and another 5-3 Tidal win

AJW · 12-24-2024, 11:20 PM

I’m just coming back to this league and fairly unfamiliar with team rivalries, what I can say is that the San Diego Tidal have a rivalry with Mondays. While the Tidal may have a certain team which is more suitable rivaled, Mondays have proven to be the worst day of sims so far for this current S80 squad. In our first sim of season which was on a Monday, the Tidal suffered a brutal 0-4 outcome which came after a resim where I believe we would have finished 2-1-1 on the day. This past Monday the Tidal once again suffered a losing record, although better than the first Monday, 0-2-2. Through 8 games played this season on Mondays, San Diego has totalled 2 points, been winless, and hold the record of 0-6-2. There may be no other team in this league currently seen more as a rival than the dreaded Monday sims. Maybe next week we will have the thrill of seeing a win on Monday, maybe we never will…

o1playz · Yesterday, 12:08 AM

The rivalry of Detroit and St. Louis is one of the oldest rivalries in the Eastern Conference, and the History of the SMJHL. While these teams may not square up like they used to, its certainly a story to tell.

It all started in season 5, which consisted of 3 teams in a west and east conference. Notably, the East conference had 2 familiar teams in the league. The Chicago Hitmen, and the Detroit Falcons. Obviously Detroit and Chicago were very close, making them bound to tension on the Ice. It did not last long.

In S13, Chicago rebranded to the St. Louis Scarecrows. Which has been their team since. Detroit and St. Louis play an eventful rivalry tomorrow. Playing 75 years of tension on the ice for 1 game. For 2 bottom conference game, its going to be some good hockey.

Good luck Scarecrows, and Go Falcons!!

Z0REM · Yesterday, 01:07 PM

It's a pretty well known fact that the Kelowna Knights of this generation all have pointed themselves towards Vancouver being the team they want to beat the most. It is unclear as to why Vancouver was picked besides that it's another Canadian team that seemed to have interest in many of the same players that eventually went to Kelowna. Old rivalries are like old wine. Sure they get better the more you let it age but there's always a chance that you open straight vinegar and the whole rivalry was useless in the first place. Who care about old rivalries when you can have new flames ignited.

It seems to be though that in this season, the rivalry between Kelowna and Vancouver is coming to be a little of a non issue as Kelowna and it's rookies are aiming for that higher purpose of winning the cup. They have many good teams to topple on their way to victory but they always take a second to bask in the glory of watching that other team get bashed. May we see them in the playoffs for more epic confrontations.

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