Rochester Americans | |
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City | Rochester, New York |
League | American Hockey League |
Conference | Eastern |
Division | North |
Founded | 1956 |
Home arena | Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial (Capacity: 10,662) KeyBank Center (Capacity: 19,070) (select games) |
Colors | Red, white, blue[1] |
Owner(s) | Terry Pegula |
General manager | Jason Karmanos |
Head coach | Michael Leone |
Captain | Mason Jobst |
Media | 95.7 The Fan MSG Western New York Democrat and Chronicle AHL.TV (Internet) |
Affiliates | Buffalo Sabres (NHL) Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL) |
Franchise history | |
1956–present | Rochester Americans |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 6: (1964–65, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1982–83, 1990–91, 2004–05) |
Division titles | 15: (1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2022–23) |
Conference titles | 3: (1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00) |
Calder Cups | 6: (1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1995–96) |
Current season |
The Rochester Americans (colloquially known as the Amerks) are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League; the team is an owned and operated affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. The team plays its home games in Rochester, New York, at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. The Americans are the fourth oldest franchise in the AHL, and have the second longest continuous tenure among AHL teams in their current locations after the Hershey Bears.
Rochester was awarded a new franchise in June 1956, when the Pittsburgh Hornets were forced to suspend operations after their arena, the Duquesne Gardens was razed in an urban renewal project. With the Hornets franchise in limbo until a new arena could be built, there was room in the league for a team in Rochester.
The Americans' team colors are red, white and blue. The logo is a patriotic badge with "Americans" written in cursive script. They have won the Calder Cup six times, and lost in the Cup finals ten times.