Interesting comments made out there in the world of L about these rivalries.
The ones mentioned no doubt are intense. However, one more rivalry which I
have seen pick up over the last few years is the "War" between Hockey East's
Umass-Lowell and Merrimack. Granted these two schools can't compete for lets
say a St. Cloud-Minnesota or a BU-BC etc etc, however it is an intriguing
match up.  Umass-Lowell hails from the lovely Lowell which has been deemed
the Mill City in massachusetts. Merrimack is located in beautiful North
Andover and has been quite recently been reffered to as "The other Mill City"
This has the match up between these two teams even more intense. WHo is the
real Mill City? More importantly, Who has bragging rights to 495. Although
this maybe the most powerful rivalry brewing in the east, it still has a ways
to go before it can reach the capacity of a Minnesota vs anybody, or
Anchorage vs. Fairbanks and so on.
 
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