William Whitelaw
164 posts
Ranking the #USHL towns to play in best to worst. #1 The Green Bay Gamblers. If you’ve never been to Green Bay you don’t understand greatness. Title Town USA. The Resch Center. What a barn. The ultimate junior experience. #2 Lincoln Stars. Thunderstruck pre game song in the ice box is hard to beat. They used to have like 15 fighters on their team. Good luck getting out of there without getting punched in the mouth. U of Nebraska right there as well. #3 Omaha. Great City. The best warm up tunes in the league “The heat is on” #4 Fargo Force. Great Barn. Great fans. Red Pepper. West acres mall. North Dakota hospitality is cozy. #5 Sioux Falls. Helluva new arena. Sneaky city for a high school aged fella. Rich billets. #6 Cedar Rapids. Look I hate the state of Iowa. And I say that with all due respect but Mark Carlson has done a tremendous job with this org. #7 Waterloo. Young Stung Arena. Party Town. Olympic Ice. If you can skate. You won’t get hit. PK Ohandjob is god in this neck of the woods. He’s a good chin. #8 Dubuque. Close to Madison. Old school river town. You’d be ok here as a young buck. #9 Chicago Steel. Located in the guts of the northwest suburbs. Geneva. It’s alright. Nothing to write home about but you’d be fine. They’ve had a wagon in recent years. Scotty Gomez coaching now. It prob should be higher. #10 Madison Capitals. Look the arena ain’t perfect. Let’s call a spade a spade. But you’re in Madison. What a city. State street at 19? How r ya. #11 Des Moines. Dollar beer night at the buck bowl hits different. What a dump. Iowa’s best city though. #12 Muskegon I guess? We’re into the spooky hours. I once found a possum in my bag at The LC Walker Arena. It wasn’t a pet either.. #13 Sioux City. My Billet house used to have snakes that would seep thru the foundation. It was kinda funny until a bull-snake went down my shorts when I was sleeping. Siouxer City = shitbox #14 Tri City. You might as well be out in Narnia. Nothing close. Civilization feels days away #15 Youngstown Ohio. That downtown is like a call of duty map. Just try not to get shot before the game is over.
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