On Friday night the Massachusetts Minutemen will host the UConn Huskies for the first time as Hockey East foes. When it was announced UConn would become Hockey East’s 12th team in the Summer of 2012, one of the many selling points for the union was that the Huskies would have a natural rival already in the league in UMass. To make the most of this rivalry there is already talk that in future years the teams will play an extra game against each other with a trophy going to the winner of the yearly series. Rumor also has it that Hockey East plans on having UMass and UConn play outside next season in the next edition of Frozen Fenway (or wherever they choose to play), looking to make the most of the rivalry in one of the league’s feature events. There’s only one problem with all this that I can see. What rivalry?
All posts for the day December 31st, 2014
View From Section U: What Rivalry?
Posted by rocks22 on December 31, 2014
https://fearthetriangle.com/2014/12/31/view-from-section-u-what-rivalry/
Support FTT
Fear The Triangle will always be free. But there is some investment associated with providing first-hand coverage of UMass hockey. Specifically, domain hosting, travel, game streams, and ticket costs all add up. Not to mention the hours spent every day reading and writing about UMass hockey. I'll continue to do this for the foreseeable future even if it runs me into financial ruin (it won't, I think) and my wife divorces me (hopefully just as unlikely). But if you enjoy what you read here and want to show your support, here is a link to contribute to FTT via PayPal.
As always, thanks for reading!
Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog 