The New York Rovers were a senior ice hockey team that was established in 1935. They played in the Eastern Hockey League as a farm team of the New York Rangers . The Rovers played alongside the Rangers in Madison Square Garden . They played in the Eastern League through 1947–48. When the EHL took a break for the 1948–49 season, the Rovers played in the Quebec Senior Hockey League until the EHL resumed for the 1949–50 season. The Rovers folded in 1952 because of a dispute over television rights. The team couldn't sell the rights and could not afford to go on without doing so.
8-684: The team name was briefly resurrected in 1959, playing in the Long Island Arena . That Rovers franchise changed its name to the Long Island Ducks in 1961. One last hurrah for the Rovers was 1964–65 when they played for one season in the Madison Square Garden. It was not a financial success. As of this edit , this article uses content from "New York Rovers" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under
16-492: A Whole Foods supermarket, among other stores and restaurants, now stands on the former site of the arena, which was located on the south side of Veterans Highway just west of the Sunken Meadow State Parkway . 40°50′18″N 73°17′0″W / 40.83833°N 73.28333°W / 40.83833; -73.28333 New York State Route 454 Too Many Requests If you report this error to
24-719: The Commack Arena, Suffolk Forum, and The Island Music Center ) was a 4,000-seat indoor arena in Commack, New York from 1959 until 1996. The Long Island Ducks of the Eastern Hockey League , a popular team in the small community, called the Arena home from 1959 until the league folded in 1973, one year after the New York Islanders came into existence. The Long Island Cougars (an affiliate of
32-783: The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under the GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. This article about a sports team in New York is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This American ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in New York City is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Long Island Arena Long Island Arena (also commonly known as
40-819: The WHA 's Chicago Cougars ) also played at the Long Island Arena from 1973 through 1975. From 1968 to 1969, the Commack Arena briefly served as the home of the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association . Before the team's move to Long Island, the then-New Jersey Americans had scheduled a game against the Kentucky Colonels at the Commack Arena on March 23, 1968. The Americans and Colonels were tied in
48-523: The standings, and a "play-in" game to determine who would qualify for the playoffs. The Americans were forced to move the game at the last minute because their normal home, the Teaneck Armory , was booked with the circus. However, when the Colonels and Americans arrived at the arena, they found the court full of holes and laden with condensation from a Ducks hockey game the previous night. The court
56-541: Was also unstable. The Colonels refused to take the court under these conditions. The league ruled that the Americans had failed to provide acceptable facilities and forfeited the game to the Colonels, 2–0. The Long Island Ducks of the Eastern Basketball Association also spent one season playing at Long Island Arena during 1977–1978. Along with hockey and basketball, the Long Island Arena
64-552: Was used for ice skating, the circus, the Suffolk County Fair and concerts. Peter Frampton recorded part of his 8× platinum double album, Frampton Comes Alive , at the arena. John F. Kennedy made a visit to the arena on November 6, 1960, while campaigning for the presidency. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Long Island Arena housed a large, indoor flea market until the facility closed on July 31, 1996. A shopping center, consisting of Target , Hobby Lobby , and
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