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The Long Island Jawz were a professional roller hockey team based in
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. They played only one year until a dispute with the
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minor league affiliate. The name "Jawz" was selected in November 1995 from three finalists in a contest to choose the team nickname, beating out the alternatives of Gladiators and Roller Ducks. With six goals in a 14-12 final, Tony Szabo of the Jawz was named the most valuable player at the 1996 RHI All-Star Game. The team finished the 1996 season with a record of 16-9-3. With 48 goals and 53 assists in 23 games, Hugo Bélanger was named as the 1996 player of the year, in a season in which he became the first RHI player to have a season with 100 points, though he left the team with five games left in the season to sign with a European ice hockey team.via
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"Belanger selected player of year"
''The Index-Journal'', August 28, 1996. Accessed March 31, 2022, via
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. "Hugo Belanger of the Long Island Jawz was selected the league's player of the year after becoming the first player in Roller Hockey International to score more than 100 points in a season. Belanger was second with 48 goals and third in assists with 53. He played in 23 games before leaving to play for a pro ice hockey team in Ginsburg, Germany."


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{{Reflist Roller Hockey International teams Sports clubs established in 1996 Sports clubs disestablished in 1996 Sports in Long Island 1996 establishments in New York (state)