For fans of cold weather and fiery tempers

Every Wednesday since 2012 has come to be known as Wednesday Night Rivalry for a sport that I hold near and dear to my heart, Ice Hockey. Now being from the land of Thunder during the winter, hockey does not frequently grace our airwaves unless you are lucky enough to have expanded channel service on your television sets. That's why the year 2012 is so important to myself and any other hockey fans. Because that is the year that NBC announced a 10 year extension of it's television broadcasting rights with the National Hockey League and the formation of their new sports channel, NBCSN, that will come standard with any sports package for television providers.

With the formation of NBCSN the NHL has at least 90 different nationally-televised games each regular season, with most of them showing on either Mondays, Tuesdays, or my favorite, Rivalry Night.

This Wednesday is no exception with two teams that have a hatred only familiarity can brew taking the ice when the Pittsburg Penguins travel to the nation's capital to take on the Washington D.C. Capitals.

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, left, of Russia, and Winnipeg Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba, right, eye the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, in Washington. The Capitals won 5-1. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

For those of you that might not know a single thing about hockey, this is a game you would want to watch. This game will give you all the intensity and emotion that makes any hockey game great, not only just rivalries, and also give you nationally-known brand-name players to root for.

That's because every time these two teams meet, two of the most recognizable names in hockey go head-to-head in Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby. These players are offensive juggernauts that light up the scoreboard and the crown every single time and always make what is otherwise just a physical slugfest also a offensive shoot-out.

Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, left and Columbus Blue Jackets' Brandon Dubinsky are seen through the dasher board glass as they exchange blows in a fight in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

With no other major sports event happening in Oklahoma, why not sit and try and experience the favorite sport of our North American brothers from above the border. Who knows? You might like what you have to see.