The Long Island Ducks were an American

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team based in

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. They were a member of the

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for the 1977–1978 season and played their home games at the

Long Island Arena Long Island Arena (also commonly known as the Commack Arena and the Suffolk Forum) 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 ...

. The owner of the team was Al Baron, who had previously owned the Long Island Ducks minor league hockey team. The head coach was

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. The Ducks finished their only season with 15 wins and 15 losses, in 2nd place in the EBA’s Eastern Division. They lost to the

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in the first round of the playoffs in April 1978.

Year-by-year

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