I ran into the same thing with the women's league down here. The rink where they place is really nice (it was built by some peeps my husband knows) but it's an hour away via one of the most frustrating, traffic ridden roads in town. (it really should only be 40 minutes from my house, but the traffic takes up an extra 20 minutes). Plus, since it is the only team in town, the entire schedule would be out of town tournaments, except the one they host here. I still would have done it, but my work changed my schedule to nights and there was no way to go to practice or games without taking time off. So, I did the team a favor and chose to have babies instead of playing hockey.
As far as the roads ending and picking up, you should be used to that you've driven in Boston.