Buffalo native and son of former Amerk joins Rochester for 70th anniversary season
Jul 17, 2025
Rochester Americans General Manager Jason Karmanos announced today that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Peter Tischke and forward Trevor Kuntar on one-year American Hockey League contracts for the 2025-26 season.
Tischke, 29, returns to Rochester after appearing in a career-high 54 games with the Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL) while under contract with the Amerks. The Hinsdale, Illinois, native posted 13 points (3+10) during the 2024-25 campaign before adding an assist in four postseason contests with the Icemen.
Before appearing in 39 games and registering seven points (2+5) with the Savannah Ghost Pirates (ECHL) during the 2023-24 campaign, he spent parts of two seasons with the Amerks from 2021-2023, totaling two goals and six assists in 57 regular season contests while also skating in nine postseason games.
As a rookie during the 2019-20 season, Tischke spent most of the season with the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL), where he finished second in goals (4), assists (11), and points (15) among all Grizzlies rookie defensemen in 51 games.
The 6-foot-1, 224-pound blueliner has compiled 11 points (3+8) in 78 regular season appearances at the AHL level between Rochester and Colorado since the start of 2019. Tischke has also recorded 38 points (9+29) in 149 games at the ECHL level with Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Savannah, and Utah.
Prior to turning pro, Tischke completed a four-year collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin (Big-10), where he registered 34 points (8+26) in 135 games from 2015 to 2019. After being named to the Big-10 Honorable Mention All-Star teams in 2016-17 and 2017-18, he served as team captain in 2018-19 in addition to earning the Big-10’s Sportsmanship Award.
Kuntar, 24, comes to Rochester after spending his first two professional seasons with the Boston Bruins (NHL) organization. Since turning pro ahead of the 2023-24 campaign, Kuntar appeared in 124 games with the Providence Bruins (AHL), notching 13 goals and 19 assists for 32 points to go with 189 penalty minutes. He’s also posted two assists in seven Calder Cup Playoff appearances.
During the 2023-24 season, he finished second among all AHL first-year skaters in penalty minutes (113) while ranking second amongst all Providence rookies in both goals (10) and points (20). Last season…
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