Rochester Americans

Rochester Americans
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	Michael Mersch
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.