Shelley 14 - My D is looking at MHC (she is a JR now) and is a skater. I know Mass. well as well as Mass rinks. There are rinks in Westfield and Amherst. I just did a quick lookup and the Amelia Park rink in Westfield has a USFS club as doesthe Mullins Center rink at UMAss. You can find out more about clubs in the area at
www.usfsu.org.....and I believe at one time Mt. H had a club team right there. Those sort of wax and wane depending on the student body interest but often a few skaters will get together and go. My other D goes to Carnegie Mellon and that is what they do. They sort of "find" each other!!! Good luck.