Rochester Amerks announce 2020-21 regular season schedule

The Rochester Americans announced today their schedule for the 2020-21 American Hockey League regular season, presented exclusively by Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino. The Amerks will open their 65^th AHL season – and 39^th as the primary affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres – on Friday, Feb. 5 at 7:05 p.m. against the Utica Comets at The Blue Cross Arena.

The Amerks, who remain in the North Division of the Eastern Conference, will play an abbreviated 32-game schedule during the 2020-21 shortened season against only the Cleveland Monsters, Syracuse Crunch and Utica Comets. It will be the fifth straight year the Amerks play all their games solely against Eastern Conference opponents.

Rochester will face-off against North Division rivals Syracuse and Utica 12 and 14 times, respectively, with six more matchups against Cleveland to round out the remaining games.

Rochester will play half of its 16 home games on weekends, with five Friday home games, two Saturday home dates and only one Sunday home outing. The team will play the balance of its schedule with eight additional midweek games, including seven on Wednesday nights and one on Thursday, Feb. 18.

All home games against Syracuse and Utica will start at 7:05 p.m. this season except for Rochester’s lone Sunday contest on March 28 against the Comets, which will begin at 5:05 p.m. The three home matchups against Cleveland will start at 6:05 p.m.