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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 Amerks couldn't get anything going on offense and lost Game 5 of the North Division semifinals to the Crunch, ending their season.
During the 2002–03 season, he played 15 regular season games for Buffalo. In the 2004–05 season, with the NHL not playing due to a lockout, he won 41 games for the Americans, tying Gerry Cheevers' record. He finished the season with a 2.45 GAA. In 2004–05, the Americans were the North Division and Regular Season champions in the AHL.
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.
Irondequoit's Rory Fitzpatrick became the first Rochester-born player inducted into the Amerks Hall of Fame.
Through 1977–84, he called games on television and radio for the AHL's Rochester Americans. [5] Peckham was broadcasting Lightning games with the Florida-based Fox Sports Sun, as well as occasionally doing play-by-play for the NHL on NBC, a role that increased with the death of Dave Strader.
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 ]