Rochester Stars

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. In 2005 the franchise was sold and renamed the Syracuse Stars, joining the Eastern Junior Hockey League. 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.
For the start of the 2013-2014 season, the Stars will play in the new-look EJHL, (aka Eastern Elite,) since the league has merged under the USPHL. For this season, the team was also renamed the Rochester Jr. Americans.

• from 1996 to 1998: Syracuse Jr. Crunch
• from 1998 to 1999: Auburn Jr. Crunch
• from 1999 to 2005: Syracuse Jr. Crunch
• from 2005 to 2010: Syracuse Stars
• from 2010 to 2013: Rochester Stars
• from 2013 to present: Rochester Jr. Americans

• 1936-1937: AHL

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