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Ask any member of the University of Alberta Golden Bears hockey program over the last 20 years about some of their most memorable games and you’d likely have a list of games against the Saskatchewan Huskies.

The rivalry between the two powerhouse programs over the last two decades has become pretty special.

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There isn’t a better rivalry in university hockey in Canada.

“I’ll always remember when Ben Thomson scored with 34 seconds left and then scoring the OT winner in the 2005 national championship,” said Bears head coach Serge Lajoie. “There were over 10,000 fans at Rexall Place and it was absolutely electric.

“Every series we play against each other, there’s a different hero, a different impact player that you don’t anticipate that steps up. You see guys do the extra little things. These are games where the details and the little plays really matter.”

The battles between Alberta and Saskatchewan date back to 1911, but over the last two decades both schools have been very successful making the rivalry mean so much more.