Team Sky’s Luke Rowe sparks important debate, which Canadian city is the best to watch hockey in?

Team Sky’s Luke Rowe wants to know where he can watch the most hockey possible in a week across the North American continents ice hockey leagues. With the question, the 28-year-old from Cardiff set-off a fierce debate.

North America has more hockey leagues than you can keep track off. At the top is, of course, the NHL followed by the AHL. Then you have the ECHL and that’s before you even get into the three major junior hockey leagues and North America’s other semi-pro leagues. So where’s the best place to catch the most hockey over the week?

Israel Cycling Academy’s Guillaume Boivin may be biased but he thinks it’s Montreal. In a Tweet explaining his opinion, Boivin wrote, “AHL @RocketdeLaval QJMHL @ArmadaBLB + University hockey + many more leagues + you can easily get on a beer league team to play yourself.”

Come to Montreal bud.

— Guillaume Boivin (@Guillaumeboivin) March 5, 2019

Cyclists from the Greater Toronto Area have something to say about that though. Boivin’s teammate Ben Perry thinks the GTA is the best place to catch as many hockey games as possible. His evidence, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto Marlies and the numerous junior teams in the area. From the GTA there are also a bunch of U.S. teams based close across the border such as the Syracuse Crunch, the Rochester Americans and the Buffalo Sabres. His opinion is backed up by X-Speed United’s Will Elliot.

GTA! Marlies Leafs Crunch Americans Sabres and like 10 OHL teams

— Benjamin Perry (@benjefperry) March 6, 2019

GTA for the win. The OHL is underrated but the best bang for your buck if you are not into some overpriced leaf tickets.

— Will Elliott (@WillElliott25) March 6, 2019

But the debate isn’t just centred on Canada. Many others felt the New York and New Jersey area offers great viewing potential with the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils and many AHL teams close by.

My house man. Split between Boston and Montreal

— Ian Boswell (@theboz91) March 5, 2019

Rowe’s former teammate, Ian Boswell of Katusha thinks his home in Vermont offers the best viewing potential with it being equal distances from Boston and Montreal.

As a self-described ice hockey fan according to his Twitter bio, Rowe seems eager to know where he can catch the most action in one trip.