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The Rochester Jr. Americans are a Tier III Junior A American ice hockey team from Rochester, New York. Their top team currently plays in the USPHL in the Premier Division while also fielding a team in the Elite Division.〔http://www.usphl.com/〕 ==History== 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.〔( US Hockey Report, August 1998, "A New Season A New Home" )〕 In 2005 the franchise was sold and renamed the Syracuse Stars, joining the American Tier III Junior A Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL).〔US Hockey Report, Jan 2005, "EJHL Adds an Expansion Team" ()〕 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).〔http://thejuniorhockeynews.com/?p=14704〕 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.〔http://www.junioramericans.com/news_article/show/418244?referrer_id=1394033〕 For the 2015–16 season they switched their team from the Empire Division (recently renamed USP3 Division) to the Elite Division.〔http://www.junioramericans.com/news_article/show/486623?referrer_id=1394033〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rochester Jr. Americans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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