The Eastern Conference finals won’t just be a showdown on the ice. The seven-game series already has a rivalry off of it, between media members of the Bruins and Hurricanes.

Boston radio host Fred Toettcher, co-host of the “Toucher & Rich” show on WBZ-FM in Boston, abruptly hung up on a Hurricanes reporter, cutting him off and saying, “I just can’t listen to a guy with a Southern accent talk hockey.”

Chip Alexander, a writer for the Raleigh News and Observer, was talking about how Carolina turned its season around, pointing to the Hurricanes finding a way to score more goals. That’s when Toettcher ended the interview.

When “Toucher & Rich” previewed an upcoming interview, Alexander wrote, “Try not to hang up on him.”

Maybe after the series is over, the two media members can talk again.