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What are the biggest and best rivalries across the state for boys high school hockey?

And what makes them such good rivals?

I swear you see this topic five times a year!

Roseau Warroad

Nothing compares to Warroad-Roseau and White Bear-Hill

There are other good ones, but none as big as those two.

Oh I think Cloquet-Duluth East is as close as any.

I really dont know this but how many games has DE lost to cloquet in the last 10 years or so?

This topic has been done to death. Go find the other threads and look at them.

25 sheet power wrote:I really dont know this but how many games has DE lost to cloquet in the last 10 years or so?

Going back to the 00-01 season (when Cloquet really became competitive again, and also the year they hired Dave Esse), Cloquet actually leads the series 13-9-2. That includes a 4-2 mark in the playoffs.

Blaine and Centennial


these games usually tend to get violent... especially during the handshakes following the games

Virginia and Hibbing
last year the chanting started before the teams came on the ice for warmups

minnesotaice wrote:Blaine and Centennial


these games usually tend to get violent... especially during the handshakes following the games

During conference play these are always great games to watch, for some reason though, Centennial hasn't been able to piece together a good section game vs. Blaine the past couple years. I can't wait to see them play this year.

bluedevils wrote:Virginia and Hibbing
last year the chanting started before the teams came on the ice for warmups

yeah these teams cant stand each other

I'll put a different spin on this.
The 2 BIGGEST rivalries in hockey in the state of MN are.............
public v private
metro v outstate.
there you go.

Personally, since I'm from the cities, I love it when Rapids, Moorhead, Duluth East, etc. come and play Jefferson or Edina. It's always fun to watch.

Falls vs Fort

RoundBaller wrote:Falls vs Fort

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Falls vs Fort is by far the best rivalry there is. The fans HATE each other and the play on the ice is 2x better because the players also hate each other, big hits, and the crowd never stops chanting.

I know fort isnt in minnesota or the country but i just had to throw that out there

Eden Prairie vs Edina is by far the best west metro rivalry. The Holiday tournament game at Breamar is always my favorite game of the year and every game between these two teams is insane. These two teams hate each other no matter what sport it is, and hockey is the epitome of their matchups since it is the only sport where Edina usually even has a chance

You think I-Falls- Fort kids hate eachother? Cloquet got so mad we beat them 2 years ago a gang of them beat up an East kid with a baseball bat.

EHSHack wrote:You think I-Falls- Fort kids hate eachother? Cloquet got so mad we beat them 2 years ago a gang of them beat up an East kid with a baseball bat.

We never had a kid beat up with a baseball bat but the last 4 years or so there has been fights after everygame and during the game, i remember last year they had to stop the game because there was a huge brawl going on in the crowds with atleast 12 people in it

Just my two cents, but the biggest rivalry has to be the one you are involved in.

I went to St Thomas Academy. St Thomas Military Academy and Cretin (before they merged with Derham Hall) were competitive schools since the late 1800s. They have remained HUGE rivals of each other, selling out crowds whenever they play any sport. 6 or 7 years ago they played football at St Thomas and outsold the stands capacity by 7 or 8 times. St Thomas got crushed and it was packed the whole time. They play baseball every year at Midway because of the crowd. You have to get there 4 hours early to get a halfway decent seat and maybe even a ticket to their hockey games. The list goes on and on. It is a school rivalry that transfers to hockey and in the recent past has been huge.

All that being said, of course I think it's the biggest rivalry in the state. I'd be willing to bet if I grew up in Mankato, I'd probably think the East/West rivalry was the biggest in the state. Same with Warroad/Roseau, WBL/HM, Public/Private, etc, etc.

Wherever you are is the biggest.

THE FALLS AND FORT IS THE BEST HANDS DOWN. Police escorts, back doors in and out of arenas, sold out crowds, fights, flag burnings that get shut down, you name it, its there. dec 26 in Fort Frances Ontario, go see for yourself!!

HockeyMN1 wrote:Eden Prairie vs Edina is by far the best west metro rivalry.

Not better than Minnetonka-Edina, sorry.

Also forgot in my 3 years of the rivalry so far, there have been 2 bench clearing brawls, one coach suspension, nearly a coach FIGHT, among other things.

The late-season game that Minnetonka and Edina usually play is always an exciting one to see.

EHSHack wrote:Also forgot in my 3 years of the rivalry so far, there have been 2 bench clearing brawls, one coach suspension, nearly a coach FIGHT, among other things.

Yeah still wont beat the falls vs fort rivalry like B K said