I live 8 miles south of Baltimore near BWI. Mt. Pleasant rink is small dumpy municipal rink off of Northern & Perring Pkwys. There's also a rink setup in a bubble at Patterson Park during the winter. The best area rinks are in the burbs in Abington (Bel Air), Odenton (former Caps training rink), and the massive Gardens Ice House in Laurel which includes a curling center. As in Boston with the MDC rink boom post-Orr there's a similar smaller boom happening in Montgomery County and Northern Virginia with the steep rise in the Caps popularity now being the toughest/most expensive ticket in the area. It use to be that most rec hockey was ex-pats from New England, Upstate NY, the Great Lakes, and the Canadian Embassy. Now the DC area is starting to produce locally grown talent that s made it way to the college and junior ranks consistently.