The 2024–25 Rochester Americans season is the 69th season of play for the Amerks in the American Hockey League (AHL), the 43rd as the primary affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres, and the first with new head coach, Michael Leone.

The Amerks clinched a playoff spot in the Calder Cup Playoffs after a 4–2 win over the Springfield Thunderbirds on April 2, 2025, making this their 50th postseason appearance in franchise history.

In the North Division semifinals round of the playoffs, the Amerks would sweep the Syracuse Crunch, with two straight shutouts to close the series, marking their best postseason performance since the 2022-23 AHL season, however they lost Game 5 to the Laval Rocket in the North Division finals to end their season.

Background On May 13, 2024, the Amerks former head coach, Seth Appert, was promoted to assistant head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, alongside Amir Gulati, the former video coordinator.

Michael Leone, the former Green Bay Gamblers head coach, was officially hired as the new head coach of the Rochester Amerks on June 6, 2024, making him the 34th head coach in Amerks history.

Kent Weisbeck, the former athletic trainer for the Rochester Americans, officially retired on September 10, 2024 after four decades of work for the Amerks.

Due to the list of changes above, several people were officially promoted and hired to the Hockey Operations Department for the Rochester Americans on September 23, 2024.

Schedule and results The AHL season schedule was revealed on July 11, 2024, with the Amerks season beginning on October 11, 2024, and ending on April 19, 2025.

Preseason 2024 preseason game log: 1–0–0–0 (Road: 1–0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 October 6 Rochester 7–1 Syracuse Sandstrom (1–0–0) Upstate Medical University Arena 1–0–0–0

Regular season 2024–25 game logOctober: 3–3–0–0 (Home: 1–2–0–0; Road: 2–1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 11 Belleville 3–2 Rochester Sandstrom (0–1–0–0) 0–1–0–0 0 2 October 12 Rochester 4–1 Utica Houser (1–0–0–0) 1–1–0–0 2 3 October 18 Toronto 4–2 Rochester Sandstrom (0–2–0–0) 1–2–0–0 2 4 October 19 Rochester 2–3 Toronto Houser (1–1–0–0) 1–3–0–0 2 5 October 23 Cleveland 1–6 Rochester Houser (2–1–0–0) 2–3–0–0 4 6 October 26 Rochester 5–4 Cleveland SO Houser (3–1–0–0) 3–3–0–0 6 November: 7–4–3–0 (Home: 2–3–2–0; Road: 5–1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 7 November 1 Rochester 8–1 Utica Sandstrom (1–2–0–0) 4–3–0–0 8 8 November 2 Rochester 3–2 Utica SO Houser (4–1–0–0) 5–3–0–0 10 9 November 6 Rochester 4–2 Cleveland Sandstrom (2–2–0–0) 6–3–0–0 12 10 November 8 Hartford 3–6 Rochester Sandstrom (3–2–0–0) & Michael Houser 7–3–0–0 14 11 November 9 Rochester 0–5 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Houser (4–2–0–0) 7–4–0–0 14 12 November 13 Laval 3–2 Rochester OT Houser (4–2–1–0) 7–4–1–0 15 13 November 16 Laval 4–1 Rochester Houser (4–3–1–0) 7–5–1–0 15 14 November 17 Rochester 1–2 Toronto OT Sandstrom (3–2–1–0) 7–5–2–0 16 15 November 20 Rochester 2–1 Laval OT Levi (1–0–0–0) & Michael Houser 8–5–2–0 18 16 November 22 Hershey 4–3 Rochester OT Levi (1–0–1–0) 8–5–3–0 19 17 November 23 Utica 5–1 Rochester Sandstrom (3–3–1–0) 8–6–3–0 19 18 November 27 Cleveland 5–4 Rochester Levi (1–1–1–0) 8–7–3–0 19 19 November 29 Syracuse 0–3 Rochester Levi (2–1–1–0) 9–7–3–0 21 20 November 30 Rochester 3–2 Syracuse SO Levi (3–1–1–0) 10–7–3–0 23 December: 9–2–0–0 (Home: 3–1–0–0; Road: 6–1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 December 4 Utica 2–3 Rochester Levi (4–1–1–0) 11–7–3–0 25 22 December 6 Rochester 0–6 Charlotte Sandstrom (3–4–1–0) 11–8–3–0 25 23 December 7 Rochester 3–0 Charlotte Levi (5–1–1–0) 12–8–3–0 27 24 December 11 Rochester 3–1 Laval Levi (6–1–1–0) 13–8–3–0 29 25 December 13 Rochester 7–4 Belleville Levi (7–1–1–0) 14–8–3–0 31 26 December 14 Rochester 8–2 Belleville Sandstrom (4–4–1–0) 15–8–3–0 33 27 December 18 Syracuse 5–2 Rochester Levi (7–2–1–0) 15–9–3–0 33 28 December 20 Syracuse 1–3 Rochester Levi (8–2–1–0) 16–9–3–0 35 29 December 22 Rochester 3–2 Cleveland Levi (9–2–1–0) 17–9–3–0 37 30 December 27 Utica 3–6 Rochester Levi (10–2–1–0) 18–9–3–0 39 31 December 28 Rochester 3–2 Utica OT Sandstrom (5–4–1–0) 19–9–3–0 41 January: 7–3–0–1 (Home: 3–0–0–1; Road: 4–3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 32 January 3 Rochester 5–2 Springfield Levi (11–2–1–0) 20–9–3–0 43 33 January 4 Rochester 6–3 Bridgeport Sandstrom (6–4–1–0) 21–9–3–0 45 34 January 10 Utica 1–5 Rochester Levi (12–2–1–0) 22–9–3–0 47 35 January 11 Rochester 2–6 Syracuse Levi (12–3–1–0) 22–10–3–0 47 36 January 17 Lehigh Valley 3–2 Rochester SO Levi (12–3–1–1) 22–10–3–1 48 37 January 18 Rochester 3–2 Lehigh Valley Sandstrom (7–4–1–0) 23–10–3–1 50 38 January 19 Rochester 4–5 Hershey Houser (4–3–1–0) 23–11–3–1 50 39 January 24 Rochester 0–3 Providence Levi (12–4–2–1) 23–12–3–1 50 40 January 25 Rochester 6–3 Hartford Sandstrom (8–4–1–0) 24–12–3–1 52 41 January 29 Utica 4–7 Rochester Levi (13–4–2–1) 25–12–3–1 54 42 January 31 Syracuse 1–4 Rochester Levi (14–4–2–1) 26–12–3–1 56 February: 8–2–0–1 (Home: 5–2–0–0; Road: 3–0–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 February 1 Rochester 4–3 Syracuse OT Sandstrom (9–4–1–0) 27–12–3–1 58 43 February 7 Belleville 0–4 Rochester Levi (15–4–2–1) 28–12–3–1 60 44 February 11 Rochester 5–1 Cleveland Levi (16–4–2–1) 29–12–3–1 62 45 February 14 Rochester 1–5 Syracuse Levi (16–5–2) 29–13–3–1 62 46 February 15 Rochester 4–3 Utica OT Sandstrom (10–4–1–0) 30–13–3–1 64 47 February 16 Laval 5–2 Rochester Houser (4–4–1–0) 30–14–3–1 64 48 February 19 Cleveland 0–4 Rochester Levi (17–5–1–1) 31–14–3–1 66 49 February 21 Belleville 3–6 Rochester Houser (5–4–1–0) 32–14–3–1 68 50 February 23 Toronto 0–1 Rochester SO Levi (18–5–1–1) 33–14–3–1 70 51 February 26 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2–5 Rochester Levi (19–5–1–1) 34–14–3–1 72 52 February 28 Rochester 2–3 Utica SO Houser (5–4–2–1) 34–14–3–2 73 March: 5–4–1–1 (Home: 3–2–0–1; Road: 2–2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 March 1 Rochester 3–4 Utica SO Levi (19–5–1–2) 34–14–3–3 74 54 March 7 Rochester 3–4 Laval Levi (19–6–1–2) 34–15–3–3 74 55 March 8 Rochester 1–2 Laval Levi (19–7–1–2) 34–16–3–3 74 56 March 12 Charlotte 4–3 Rochester Levi (19–8–1–2) 34–17–3–3 74 57 March 14 Providence 4–3 Rochester SO Levi (20–8–1–2) 35–17–3–3 76 58 March 21 Charlotte 1–2 Rochester Levi (20–9–1–2) 35–18–3–3 76 59 March 22 Rochester 4–1 Syracuse Sandstrom (11–4–1–0) 36–18–3–3 78 60 March 23 Utica 3–4 Rochester Levi (21–9–1–2) 37–18–3–3 80 61 March 28 Bridgeport 6–0 Rochester Levi (22–9–1–2) 38–18–3–3 82 62 March 29 Rochester 4–2 Syracuse Sandstrom (12–4–1–0) 39–18–3–3 84 63 March 30 Syracuse 3–2 Rochester OT Levi (22–9–2–2) 39–18–4–3 85 April: 3–4–1–0 (Home: 2–3–0–0; Road: 1–1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 April 2 Springfield 2–4 Rochester Levi (23–9–2–2) 40–18–4–3 87 65 April 4 Rochester 0–5 Belleville Sandstrom (12–5–1–0) 40–19–4–3 87 66 April 5 Rochester 4–0 Belleville Levi (24–9–2–2) 41–19–4–3 89 67 April 9 Belleville 4–2 Rochester Levi (24–10–2–2) 41–20–4–3 89 68 April 11 Laval 4–2 Rochester Levi (24–11–2–2) 41–21–4–3 89 69 April 16 Cleveland 1–4 Rochester Levi (25–11–2–2) 42–21–4–3 91 70 April 18 Toronto 3–0 Rochester Levi (25–12–2–2) 42–22–4–3 91 71 April 19 Rochester 2–3 Toronto OT Sandstrom (12–5–2–0) 42–22–5–3 92 Legend:

Playoffs

2025 Calder Cup playoffsNorth Division Semifinals round vs. (N3) Syracuse Crunch: Rochester won 3–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 April 25 Syracuse 2–3 Rochester Sandstrom (1–0–0) Blue Cross Arena 1–0 2 April 27 Syracuse 0–4 Rochester Levi (1–0–0) Blue Cross Arena 2–0 3 May 1 Rochester 4–0 Syracuse Levi (2–0–0) Upstate Medical University Arena 3–0 North Division Finals round vs. (N1) Laval Rocket: Laval won 3–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 May 14 Laval 5–4 Rochester Levi (0–1–0) Blue Cross Arena 0–1 2 May 16 Laval 3–5 Rochester Levi (1–1–0) Blue Cross Arena 1–1 3 May 21 Rochester 1–4 Laval Levi (1–2–0) Place Bell 1–2 4 May 23 Rochester 5–1 Laval Levi (2–2–0) Place Bell 2–2 5 May 25 Rochester 0–5 Laval Levi (2–3–0) Place Bell 2–3

Player statistics Skaters

Overall (Regular season + Playoffs) Player 63 29 27 56 +4 10 68 27 22 49 +14 25 71 7 41 48 +17 16 73 7 36 43 +4 44 71 12 31 43 +3 32 72 20 18 38 −1 49 67 15 23 38 +1 26 47 19 17 36 +20 14 62 11 19 30 +5 26 70 10 20 30 +7 46 Riley Fiddler-Schultz 53 14 14 28 +1 10 Graham Slaggert 71 12 12 24 +17 48 65 6 18 24 +9 49 Viktor Neuchev 39 7 15 22 6 70 6 15 21 +30 52 Brendan Warren 60 11 9 20 +12 17 Vsevolod Kamarov 70 2 17 18 +8 83 33 8 8 16 +5 37 68 2 11 13 +12 38 12 4 4 8 +3 6 13 5 2 7 +3 16 21 1 6 7 −7 8 Tyler Tullio 30 1 6 7 −1 30 Jagger Joshua 23 1 4 5 −2 46 6 3 2 5 0 0 Alexsandr Kisakov 12 3 1 4 +2 8 Oliver Nadeau 4 0 2 2 0 4 Colton Poolman 5 0 1 1 −2 0 Tyler Kopff 5 0 1 1 0 0 Noah Laaouan 1 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders Overall (Regular season + Playoffs) Player 44 2,273 25 10 2 2 82 2.17 941 .920 8 0 3 2 20 1,029 14 5 1 0 49 2.86 432 .898 0 0 1 0 14 743 5 4 2 1 35 2.83 292 .893 0 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Sabres. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

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