Rochester Americans

Rochester Americans
Rochester Americans
	2019–20 AHL season
City	Rochester, New York
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Eastern
Division	North
Founded	1956
Home arena	Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial; KeyBank Center (select games)
Colors	Red, white, blue;
Owner(s)	Terry Pegula
General manager	Randy Sexton
Head coach	Chris Taylor
Media	ESPN Rochester; MSG Western New York; Democrat and Chronicle; AHL.TV (Internet)
Affiliates	Buffalo Sabres (NHL); Cincinnati Cyclones (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 Championships	14: (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)
Conference Championships	3: (1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00)
Calder Cups	6: (1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1995–96)

The Rochester Americans are an American professional ice hockey team that began playing in 1956. They currently play in the American Hockey League and are the farm team of the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. They play their home games in Rochester, New York at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. Their ECHL affiliate team is the Cincinnati Cyclones. The team is sometimes called the "Amerks" for short. The team has won 6 Calder Cups.