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Rochester Americans

AHL · Eastern Conference · North

Team information

Abbr: ROC
Sport: Hockey
League: AHL
Conference: Eastern Conference
Division: North
Founded: 1956
Home market: Rochester, United States
Championships: 6

The Rochester Americans (colloquially 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. They celebrated their 60th anniversary in the

Championship years

1965
1966
1968
1983
1987
1996

Home venue

Blue Cross Arena · Rochester, NY, USA

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Franchise stats

All-time record: 2566 W · 2140 L · 606 T
Winning %: 0.540

Rivals

Venue timeline

Edgerton Park Arena
1956–1958
Rochester Community War Memorial / Blue Cross Arena
1958–Present

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