What league does Rochester Americans play in?

Rochester Americans play in the AHL.

When was Rochester Americans founded?

Rochester Americans was founded in 1956 in Rochester, NY, USA, USA.

Where is Rochester Americans based?

Rochester Americans is based in Rochester, NY, USA.

Who is the head coach of Rochester Americans?

The head coach of Rochester Americans is Seth Appert.

Who is the captain of Rochester Americans?

The captain of Rochester Americans is Michael Mersch.

What arena does Rochester Americans play in?

Rochester Americans play their home games at Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial in Rochester, NY, USA.

Who is the general manager of Rochester Americans?

The general manager of Rochester Americans is Jason Karmanos.

What are the team colors of Rochester Americans?

The team colors of Rochester Americans are Red + Blue + White.

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2021-2022 Rochester Americans Player Stats

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#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
AHL
1.	JJ Peterka (RW/LW)	70	28	40	68	28	-3	10	7	5	12	6	0
2.	Jack Quinn (RW/LW)	45	26	35	61	23	-6	10	0	2	2	6	-8
3.	Michael Mersch (LW/RW)	65	26	28	54	39	-3	5	0	0	0	0	-4
4.	Arttu Ruotsalainen (C)	57	18	33	51	26	-9	10	8	4	12	4	2
5.	Ethan Prow (D)	70	10	39	49	6	-5	10	0	4	4	0	-3
6.	Brandon Biro (C/LW)	48	12	29	41	20	4	10	1	2	3	0	2
7.	Sean Malone (C)	39	20	17	37	22	-3	10	2	5	7	4	0
8.	Linus Weissbach (LW/RW)	67	16	21	37	32	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
9.	Oskari Laaksonen (D)	71	5	29	34	44	-9	2	0	1	1	0	-1
10.	Brett Murray (LW/RW)	52	15	17	32	35	-4	10	3	3	6	4	0
11.	Ryan MacInnis (C)	49	11	16	27	33	-4	10	0	1	1	2	-4
12.	Mark Jankowski (C/LW)	32	10	17	27	18	2	10	6	1	7	2	1
13.	Josh Teves (D)	72	6	15	21	44	-8	7	0	2	2	2	1
14.	Jimmy Schuldt (D)	61	5	12	17	58	1	10	1	3	4	4	2
15.	Peyton Krebs (C/W)	18	4	11	15	12	-12	10	0	11	11	4	1
16.	Mattias Samuelsson (D)	22	2	13	15	16	-11
17.	Mason Jobst (C/LW)	26	4	9	13	16	-3
18.	Casey Fitzgerald (D)	28	4	8	12	43	-1	10	2	5	7	11	-6
19.	Ryan Scarfo (C/LW)	63	4	8	12	37	-22	1	0	0	0	4	-1
20.	Mitch Eliot (D)	51	3	7	10	54	-5	4	0	0	0	4	-1
21.	Brendan Warren (LW/C)	51	4	2	6	22	-9	2	0	0	0	0	-1
22.	Matěj Pekař (C/LW)	47	3	3	6	56	-4
23.	Brandon Davidson (D)	23	1	5	6	38	-5	6	0	0	0	10	-7
24.	Ben Holmstrom (C)	25	0	6	6	19	1	2	0	0	0	16	-3
25.	Nick Boka (D)	24	3	1	4	63	-4	2	0	0	0	14	-1
26.	Peter Tischke (D)	33	2	2	4	35	-3	8	0	0	0	15	-2
27.	Lukas Rousek (C/W)	19	1	3	4	2	-5	10	2	4	6	0	0
28.	Dominic Franco (RW/C)	32	0	4	4	19	-6
29.	Nick Pastujov (C/LW)	10	2	1	3	6	-3
30.	Ara Nazarian (LW/C)	14	2	1	3	2	-4
31.	Lukas Craggs (LW)	24	2	1	3	36	-5
32.	Patrick Polino (C/RW)	15	2	0	2	2	-5
33.	Butrus Ghafari (D)	3	0	1	1	0	3
34.	Wyatt Ege (D)	3	0	1	1	2	-2
35.	David Drake (D)	4	0	1	1	2	3
36.	Jack Doremus (C/W)	5	0	1	1	0	0
37.	Mark Alt (D)	14	0	1	1	4	1	10	0	2	2	0	3
38.	Andrew Oglevie (C/RW)	0	0	0	0	0	0
39.	Matt Cairns (D)	2	0	0	0	0	1
40.	Keeghan Howdeshell (LW/RW)	2	0	0	0	0	0
41.	Jacob Pritchard (LW)	2	0	0	0	2	-2
42.	Kohen Olischefski (RW)	3	0	0	0	0	-1
43.	Nate Knoepke (D)	4	0	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
AHL
1.	Aaron Dell (G)	22	2.91	.909	12	7	1	0	1259:07	612	10	3.54	.883
2.	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G)	35	3.28	.900	15	14	8	1	2032:22	997
3.	Michael Houser (G)	11	2.98	.900	5	4	0	0	584:00	261	2	2.74	.920
4.	Mat Robson (G)	10	3.78	.877	5	3	3	0	588:00	265
5.	Charles Williams (G)	2	5.62	.817	0	1	1	0	117:30	49
6.	Bryan Haude (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7.	Hayden Hawkey (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8.	Tyler Parks (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9.	Corbin Kaczperski (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0:00	-

2021-2022 Rochester Americans Staff

Head CoachSeth Appert
Asst. CoachMichael Peca
Asst. CoachMike Weber
General ManagerJason Karmanos
Team ManagerKris Young
Asst. Athletic TrainerKedryn Orrison Pilgrim
Asst. Athletic TrainerKent Weisbeck
Asst. Equipment ManagerChris Caveny
Asst. Equipment ManagerCarl Hirner
BroadcasterDon Stevens
Development CoachTim Kennedy
Dir. of Hockey OperationsJody Gage
Dir. of Media RelationsWarren Kosel
Dir. of Player DevelopmentAdam Mair
Dir. of Public RelationsWarren Kosel
Franchise OwnerKim Pegula

2021-2022 Rochester Americans Captains

"C"

Michael Mersch

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Rochester Americans Facts

Plays in: American Hockey League
Team Colors: Red + Blue + White
Town: Rochester, NY, USA Map
Founded: 1956

2021-2022 Rochester Americans Roster Facts

Nationalities

34 players
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3 players
2 players
1 player
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Experience

Rochester Americans: 2 082 GP
NHL: 888 GP
WC: 16 GP
SHL: 1 GP
Liiga: 414 GP
Czechia: 174 GP
AHL: 4 899 GP
DEL: 120 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Buffalo Sabres (NHL)
Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial
Location: Rochester, NY, USA
Capacity: 10 424
Construction Year: 1955

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Rochester Americans Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
10/04/2026 07:00 PM UTC	Belleville Senators	Rochester Americans	-	AHL
10/02/2026 11:05 PM UTC	Rochester Americans	Toronto Marlies	-	AHL
04/26/2026 08:00 PM UTC	Toronto Marlies	Rochester Americans	4 - 2	AHL
04/24/2026 11:05 PM UTC	Rochester Americans	Toronto Marlies	4 - 0	AHL
04/22/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Toronto Marlies	Rochester Americans	5 - 0	AHL

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Rochester Americans History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	AHL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	AHL	72	31	31	-	-	10	214	235	72	1	5	First round loss
2024-2025	AHL	72	42	22	-	-	8	238	191	92	1.28	2	Division Final loss
2023-2024	AHL	72	39	23	-	-	10	234	239	88	1.22	2	Division Semifinal loss
2022-2023	AHL	72	36	27	-	-	9	236	233	81	1.13	3	Conference Final loss
2021-2022	AHL	76	37	29	-	-	10	254	270	84	1.11	5	Division Final loss
2020-2021	AHL	29	11	15	-	-	3	89	116	25	0.86	6	No playoffs held
2019-2020	AHL	62	33	20	-	-	9	181	173	75	1.21	2	Playoffs Cancelled
2018-2019	AHL	76	46	23	-	-	7	254	218	99	1.3	2	Conference QF loss
2017-2018	AHL	76	37	22	-	-	17	234	221	91	1.2	3	Conference QF loss
2016-2017	AHL	76	32	41	-	-	3	205	240	67	0.88	6	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	AHL	76	34	38	-	-	4	199	249	72	0.95	6	Did not make playoffs
2014-2015	AHL	76	23	41	-	6	6	209	251	64	0.84	5	Did not make playoffs
2013-2014	AHL	76	37	28	-	-	11	216	217	85	1.12	2	Conference QF loss
2012-2013	AHL	76	31	29	-	12	4	234	209	90	1.18	2	Conference QF loss
2011-2012	AHL	76	26	26	-	10	14	224	221	86	1.13	2	Conference QF loss
2010-2011	AHL	80	31	39	-	5	5	218	266	72	0.9	7	Did not make playoffs
2009-2010	AHL	80	36	33	-	8	3	253	247	91	1.14	2	Conference QF loss
2008-2009	AHL	80	22	43	-	7	8	184	259	66	0.83	7	Did not make playoffs
2007-2008	AHL	80	17	46	-	7	10	197	291	58	0.73	7	Did not make playoffs
2006-2007	AHL	80	41	30	-	9	2	269	250	98	1.23	2	Conference QF loss
2005-2006	AHL	80	30	39	-	7	4	261	270	78	0.98	5	Did not make playoffs
2004-2005	AHL	80	51	19	-	-	10	243	208	112	1.4	1	Conference SF loss
2003-2004	AHL	80	37	28	10	-	5	207	188	89	1.11	3	Conference Final loss
2002-2003	AHL	80	31	30	14	-	5	219	221	81	1.01	2	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2001-2002	AHL	80	32	30	15	-	3	206	211	82	1.03	2	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2000-2001	AHL	80	46	22	9	-	3	224	192	104	1.3	1	Conference QF loss
1999-2000	AHL	80	46	22	9	-	3	247	201	104	1.3	1	Final loss
1998-1999	AHL	80	52	21	6	-	1	287	176	111	1.39	1	Final loss
1997-1998	AHL	80	30	38	12	-	0	238	260	72	0.9	5	Conference QF loss

Rochester Americans Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2013-2014	Spengler Cup	2	0	2	-	0	0	3	9	0	0	3	Playoffs Qualifier loss
1996-1997	Spengler Cup	4	2	2	-	-	-	13	19	4	1	3	Did not make playoffs

Rochester Americans Retired Numbers

Rochester Americans Stars And Cult Players

Rory Fitzpatrick (D)

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Justin Bailey (F)	2026-2027	Barys Astana	KHL	2	3	3	6	2
2.	Chase Priskie (D)	2026-2027	Barys Astana	KHL	2	2	2	4	2
3.	Rasmus Asplund (F)	2026-2027	HC Davos	Champions HL	2	1	2	3	0
4.	Radim Mrtka (D)	2026-2027	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	3	1	2	3	6
5.	Ryan MacInnis (F)	2026-2027	Kölner Haie	Champions HL	2	1	1	2	0
6.	Hudson Fasching (F)	2026-2027	Skellefteå AIK	Champions HL	2	1	1	2	0
7.	Mikhail Grigorenko (F)	2026-2027	Traktor Chelyabinsk	KHL	3	0	2	2	2
8.	John Gilmour (D)	2026-2027	Adler Mannheim	Champions HL	2	1	0	1	0
9.	Austin Strand (D)	2026-2027	Ilves	Liiga	3	1	0	1	0
10.	Brett Murray (F)	2026-2027	Shanghai Dragons	KHL	2	0	1	1	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'1"	194 lbs	25.24
2025-2026	View Roster	6'1"	194 lbs	24.55
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	192 lbs	24.77
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	24.92
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	192 lbs	25.86

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jody Gage (F)	653	351	377	728
2.	Dick Gamble (F)	570	300	265	565
3.	Bronco Horvath (F)	473	199	343	542
4.	Gerry Ehman (F)	465	237	283	520
5.	Chris Taylor (F)	519	142	339	481

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jody Gage (F)	653	351	377	728
2.	Dick Gamble (F)	570	300	265	565
3.	Gerry Ehman (F)	465	237	283	520
4.	Bronco Horvath (F)	473	199	343	542
5.	Stan Smrke (F)	513	197	239	436

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jody Gage (F)	653	351	377	728
2.	Bronco Horvath (F)	473	199	343	542
3.	Chris Taylor (F)	519	142	339	481
4.	Gerry Ehman (F)	465	237	283	520
5.	Dick Gamble (F)	570	300	265	565

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Scott Metcalfe (F)	499	137	349	1424
2.	Jim Hofford (D)	319	10	71	1212
3.	Daniel Frawley (F)	456	95	233	1040
4.	Sean McMorrow (F)	220	4	9	1020
5.	Norm Armstrong (F)	566	166	391	973

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jody Gage (F)	653	351	377	728
2.	Dick Gamble (F)	570	300	265	565
3.	Norm Armstrong (F)	566	166	225	391
4.	Chris Taylor (F)	519	142	339	481
5.	Stan Smrke (F)	513	197	239	436

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Bobby Schmautz (F)	7	7	15	2.14
2.	Johnny Wilson (F)	2	2	4	2.00
3.	Larry Floyd (F)	1	0	2	2.00
4.	John Lilley (F)	1	0	2	2.00
5.	Paul Gardner (F)	71	61	112	1.58

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Geordie Robertson (F)	1982-1983	72	46	119
2.	Doug Gibson (F)	1974-1975	75	44	116
3.	Paul Gardner (F)	1985-1986	71	61	112
4.	Bronco Horvath (F)	1964-1965	72	38	106
5.	Jody Gage (F)	1987-1988	76	60	104

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Paul Gardner (F)	1985-1986	71	61	112
2.	Jody Gage (F)	1987-1988	76	60	104
3.	Ken Priestlay (F)	1988-1989	64	56	93
4.	Mal Davis (F)	1983-1984	71	55	103
5.	Murray Kuntz (F)	1973-1974	73	51	82

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Geordie Robertson (F)	1982-1983	72	73	119
2.	Doug Gibson (F)	1974-1975	75	72	116
3.	Art Stratton (F)	1973-1974	76	71	95
4.	Jean-François Sauvé (F)	1982-1983	73	69	99
5.	Bronco Horvath (F)	1964-1965	72	68	106

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Rob Ray (F)	1988-1989	74	29	446
2.	Andrew Peters (F)	2001-2002	67	5	388
3.	Kevin Kerr (F)	1987-1988	72	29	352
4.	Rob Ray (F)	1989-1990	43	15	335
5.	Jim Hofford (D)	1987-1988	69	18	322