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After Rochester finished at the bottom of the AHL standings for four straight years and with local fan support dwindling, the Vancouver NHL team was prepared to either sell or fold the Rochester club. But the Americans were saved in the summer of 1972 when a group of eight Rochester businessmen, most notably Sam Toth, Richard Altier of Altier's ...
Five American Hockey League teams are impacted by COVID-19 protocols. That has forced changes to the schedules of the Utica Comets and Rochester Americans.
On April 19, 2013, the second participation of the Rochester Americans was announced on the NHL website. [10] Previously, in late 2012, Swiss media had reported that negotiations between the Spengler Cup organizing committee (Fredi Pargätzi and the Chairman of HC Davos, Gaudenz Domenig) and the AHL executive team were taking place in New York.
The Comets started the 2021–22 AHL season with an 11–game winning streak, tying the 1984–85 Rochester Americans for the most consecutive wins to start a season by an AHL team. They would win their next game against the Charlotte Checkers to break the previous record, with a 12–0–0–0 record to start the regular season. [ 37 ]
Previous franchise became the Rochester Americans. ^ B. Tim Tookey, Butterfield Trophy winner in 1985–86, played for the Hershey Bears , and is the only Butterfield Trophy winner to date to have played for a losing team in the Calder Cup finals.
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The Calder Cup Final ended on June 13, 1996, with the Rochester Americans defeating the Portland Pirates four games to three to win the sixth Calder Cup in team history. [2] Rochester's Dixon Ward won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as AHL playoff MVP. [3] The Saint John Flames set an AHL playoff record by winning six games in overtime.