Rochester Jr. Americans

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Rochester Jr. Americans
Rochester Jr. Americans Team Logo 2014.jpg
City Fairport, New York, United States
League North American Hockey League
DivisionEast Division
Founded1996 & 2023
Home arena Rochester Ice Center
ColorsRed, White, Blue
   
Owner(s)Hockey ROCS, LLC Chris O’Donnell and Colleen Wegman
General managerJohn Humphrey
Head coachFrancois Methot
Franchise history
1st Franchise
1996–1998Syracuse Jr. Crunch
1998–1999Auburn Jr. Crunch
1999–2005Syracuse Jr. Crunch
2005–2010Syracuse Stars
2010–2013Rochester Stars
2013–2016Rochester Jr. Americans - USPHL
2nd Franchise
2023–currentRochester Jr. Americans - NAHL

The Rochester Jr. Americans are a Tier II Junior ice hockey team from Rochester, New York. Junior team returned to Rochester with the North American Hockey League accepting the location as an expansion franchise starting in the 2023-24 season.

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History

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Jr. Crunch Logo
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Syracuse Stars Logo

In 1996, the Syracuse Junior Crunch were founded to play Canadian Junior A in the Metro Junior A Hockey League, which was absorbed by the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League in 1998. The team moved to Auburn that year, and was renamed the Auburn Junior Crunch. [1] In 2005 the franchise was sold and renamed the Syracuse Stars, joining the American Tier III Junior A Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL). [2] While they played in Syracuse, they also had a Junior B team in the Empire Junior Hockey League (EmJHL).

On December 9, 2009, Maksymum Hockey LLC, based in Rochester, New York, announced plans to operate the Stars and move them to Rochester beginning with the 2010–11 season. During this time they were called the Rochester Stars and were affiliated with the Tier III Junior B Maksymum Junior Hockey Club in the (EmJHL) and were no longer affiliated with the Junior B Syracuse Stars that continued to play in the EmJHL. The Rochester Stars began playing at the Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex.

In 2013, the EJHL dissolved after several members left to form the United States Premier Hockey League. By the beginning of the 2013–14 season, the Stars joined the USPHL in the Elite and Empire Divisions (with the former EJHL team in Elite and the former EmJHL team in the Empire). [3] Both teams were renamed to the Rochester Jr. Americans.

In 2014, the Jr. Americans promoted their Elite Division Tier III team to the USPHL's Premier Division for the 2014–15 season and began playing against many of the former EJHL members. [4] For the 2015–16 season they switched their team from the Empire Division (recently renamed USP3 Division) to the Elite Division. [5] In 2016, the USPHL removed the Jr. Americans from the league and announced a new organization called the Rochester Jr. Monarchs would take their place in the Elite and youth divisions. [6]

In 2020, Perinton Youth Hockey reached an agreement to form an official partnership with the Rochester Americans and restart the Jr. Americans program. [7] Junior team from various age groups began the next season all under the new banner. For the 2023-24 hockey season, Rochester added a Tier-II club when the North American Hockey League (NAHL) announcement that its Board of Governors has approved the membership application for a team in Rochester, New York owned by Hockey ROCS, LLC, an entity owned and operated by Chris O’Donnell and Colleen Wegman.

Season-by-season records 1996-2016

Season-by-season records 2023 - current

SeasonGPWLOTLPGFGARegular Season FinishPlayoffs
Rochester Jr. Americansof theNAHL
2023–246034188762131773 of 9, East
10th of 32, NAHL		 Won Play-In Round, 2–0 vs. Northeast Generals, Div. Semi-Finals, 2-2 vs. Maine Nordiques

Alumni

In addition to those players which have gone on to play for various college teams, [9] a number of former Stars players have gone on to play at the NHL level, including the following:

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