The New York Rovers were a senior ice hockey

Senior ice hockey

Senior hockey refers to amateur or semi-professional ice hockey competition for players too old to play junior ice hockey. The top senior amateur teams in Canadian leagues compete annually for the Allan Cup....

 team that was established in 1935. They played in the Eastern Hockey League

Eastern Hockey League

-Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972...

 as a farm team of the New York Rangers

New York Rangers

The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...

. The Rovers played alongside the Rangers in Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden (1925)

Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the third of that name. It was built in 1925 and closed in 1968, and was located on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan on the site of the city's trolley car barns. It was the first Garden that was not located near...

. 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

Quebec Senior Hockey League

The Quebec Senior Hockey League was an ice hockey league that operated between 1941 and 1959 in Québec, Canada. From 1941, it operated on an amateur basis, before becoming the semi-professional Quebec Hockey League in 1953...

 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.

The team was briefly resurrected in 1959, playing in the Long Island Arena

Long Island Arena

Long Island Arena 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...

. The Rovers changed their name to the Long Island Ducks

Long Island Ducks (ice hockey)

The Long Island Ducks were a minor league hockey team in the Eastern Hockey League owned by Al and Renee Baron that played their home games at the Long Island Arena...

 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.

Awards

• 1936-37: Won Hershey Cup (consolation final).
• 1938-39: Won Hamilton B. Wills Trophy. Won the United States National Senior Hockey Championships.
• 1940-41: Won Hamilton B. Wills Trophy.
• 1941-42: Won Boardwalk Cup (regular season). Won the United States National Senior Hockey Championships.

Rovers who played in the NHL

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