Rochester Grizzlies

The Rochester Ice Hawks are a Tier III Jr. A ice hockey playing in the Minnesota Junior Hockey League (MnJHL). The team plays their home games at the 2,600-seat Rochester Recreation Center, located in Rochester, Minnesota. The Ice Hawks play a 48 game regular season games, in addition to showcase and post season tournament games.



The Ice Hawks joined the MnJHL in 1995 and played in Le Sueur, Minnesota from then until 2002. The franchise moved to Rochester, Minnesota in 2002 after the Rochester Mustangs of the United States Hockey League ceased operations.

Following the 2014-15 season, most of the active members of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League moved to the United States Premier Hockey League as part of a new Midwest Division. In May of 2015 the Ice Hawks were accepted as an expansion team into the NA3HL for the 2015-16 season.

On April 4, 2018 it was announced that the team had been sold to the ownership of the Austin Bruins of the North American Hockey League. As part of the announcement of the sale the team was announced as being renamed the Rochester Grizzlies and would become the development team for the Bruins and the team would adopt the Bruins colors of brown, gold and black.