The proximity of the two states, the success of the two programs, and their history in high-profile games have caused one of the most intense rivalries in American college hockey.

UNH and Maine played a two-game series to finish the regular season at the Whittemore Center.

[5] Afterwards the UNH fans rioted; overturning cars, performing basic vandalism on anything in sight, even launching an unmanned snowmobile engulfed in flames across the campus.

[4] The series became very evenly matched for some time, before UNH became more dominant in the late 2000s and won 6 games in a row over two seasons.

Fans of each program often work together and frequent the same restaurants in places such as Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine.

[5] UNH fans often raise the issue of NCAA violations committed by Maine under Shawn Walsh.