Speaking of team rivalries, of course the most symbolically fitting nemesis for the Anchorage Armada, obviously a flotilla of battleships, would be that horrible ship-devouring beast, the Carolina Kraken. 

But ever since that infamous season 55 SMJHL playoff series against the Maine Timber, those mighty trees on the other side of the continent have become the most hated figures for the boat gang to face on the ice. The sting of being robbed of a deep playoff run that they had felt entirely entitled to after their incredible season that year still lingers on to this day and manifests itself in a heightened readiness to avenge that crushing defeat every time that they face the Timber. 

Furthermore, that series has become to epitomize what has become to be called ‘The ANC Special’ among the team and its fans, meaning somehow still losing a bunch of games despite completely dominating the game play on the ice and in the stats columns, often due to a hotter than hell goaltender just denying them anything and everything or else their own goalie just inexplicably failing to catch anything at all on a given night, gifting the game away to an otherwise seemingly unworthy opponent.

While of course this sort of thing had happened before and happens to others as well, the way that that series was given away after being just one win away from advancing just made it an instant classic and cemented Maine as a fierce nemesis for the Armada, even if they don’t necessarily even consider the Armada as such themselves and even despite the distance and difference of conferences between them, the contests against the Timber are always a must-win for Anchorage .

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