Augusta Lynx

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Augusta Lynx
City: Augusta, Georgia
League: ECHL
Conference: American Conference
Division: South Division
Founded: 1998
Home Arena: James Brown Arena
Colors: black, blue, silver
General Manager: Flag of the United States Dan Troutman
Head Coach: Flag of Canada Bob Ferguson
Media: WRDW, b-2 Networks
Affiliates: [[]] (NHL), [[]] (AHL)
Franchise history
1991 to 1998: Raleigh IceCaps
1998 to Present: Augusta Lynx
Championships
Regular Season Titles: none
Division Championships: none
Conference Championships: none
Kelly Cups: none

The Augusta Lynx are the ECHL team based in Augusta, Georgia. The Lynx currently play their home games at the James Brown Arena. The Lynx are currently unaffiliated with any NHL or AHL teams. The team is named in honor of The Masters golf tournament held in Augusta, as a slang term for playing golf is "hitting the links" (Lynx is a play on words of that title.)

Contents

[edit] History of the Augusta Lynx

Main article: History of the Augusta Lynx

[edit] Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, PTS = Points, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Records as of April 10, 2008. [1]

Season League Division GP W L T OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Coach(es) Result
1998-99 ECHL Southeast 70 38 27 5 0 0 81 0.579 235 233 1984 Dan Wiebe Lost in round 1
1999-00 ECHL Southeast 70 34 31 0 5 0 73 0.486 243 248 1781 Dan Wiebe Lost in round 3
2000-01 ECHL Southeast 72 36 29 7 0 0 79 0.549 259 253 1579 Scott MacPherson, Jim Burton Lost in round 1
2001-02 ECHL Southeast 72 36 26 10 0 0 82 0.569 218 224 1834 Jim Burton Out of Playoffs
2002-03 ECHL Southeast 72 27 39 6 0 0 60 0.417 203 256 1623 Jim Burton, David Wilkie Out of Playoffs
2003-04 ECHL Central 72 32 33 7 0 0 71 0.493 203 234 1510 Stan Drulia Out of Playoffs
2004-05 ECHL East 72 28 35 9 0 0 65 0.451 188 237 1232 Stan Drulia Out of Playoffs
2005-06 ECHL South 72 30 36 6 0 0 66 0.458 216 255 1475 Bob Ferguson Lost in round 1
2006-07 ECHL South 72 39 29 0 1 3 82 0.569 258 265 1225 Bob Ferguson Lost in round 1
2007-08 ECHL South 72 32 35 0 1 4 69 0.479 200 223 1173 Bob Ferguson Lost in round 1
Totals 1 4 716 332 320 50 7 7 728 0.508 2223 2428 15416 6 6/10 Playoff Seasons

[edit] Current Roster

As of April 10, 2008. Taken from ECHL Website. [2]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Date of birth Place of birth
30 Flag of the United States Bobby Goepfert L May 9, 1983 Kings Park, New York, USA
35 Flag of Canada J.P. Levasseur R January 15, 1987 Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth
2 Flag of the United States Jason Platt (A) L April 29, 1981 San Francisco, California, USA
3 Flag of the United States B.J. Crum R August 6, 1983 Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
5 Flag of the United States Ken Scuderi L August 21, 1980 Bethpage, New York, USA
6 Flag of the United States Will Bodine L December 12, 1981 North Massapequa, New York, USA
14 Flag of the United States Tim Branham L May 10, 1981 Eagle River, Wisconsin, USA
15 Flag of the United States Chris Brooks R June 2, 1982 New York, New York, USA
24 Flag of Canada Jamie McKinven L December 3, 1981 Kingston, Ontario, Canada
25 Flag of Canada Adrian Veideman L April 13, 1983 Sicamous, British Columbia, Canada
27 Flag of the United States Nick Toneys L December 14, 1982 Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA

signed to play in Britain 2008-09

Forwards
# Player Position Shoots Date of birth Place of birth
7 Flag of Canada Travis Fuller LW L January 25, 1986 Whitney, Ontario, Canada
9 Flag of Canada Louis Goulet (C) C L November 6, 1978 Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
10 Flag of Canada Garrett Winder LW L December 2, 1981 Ajax, Ontario, Canada
11 Flag of Canada Matt Christie C L February 22, 1985 Ajax, Ontario, Canada
12 Flag of the United States Ryan Dingle LW L April 4, 1984 Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA
16 Flag of the United States Chase Watson C L October 23, 1982 Media, Pennsylvania, USA
17 Flag of the United States Anthony Battaglia (A) LW L August 15, 1979 Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 Flag of the United States Dan Kronick LW L July 16, 1984 Inner Grove Heights, Minnesota, USA
19 Flag of the United States Aaron Slattengren LW L December 28, 1981 Duluth, Minnesota, USA
20 Flag of the United States Matt Auffrey RW R January 3, 1986 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
21 Flag of Canada Bobby Bolt LW L April 29, 1987 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
22 Flag of Canada Shane Hynes LW L October 20, 1984 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Staff
Title Staff Member
Head Coach Bob Ferguson
Trainer Joe Huff
Equipment Manager Ryan Adamson
Director of Broadcasting and Public Relations unfilled

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hockeydb.com, http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=1534 Augusta Lynx season statistics and records 1998-Present.]
  2. ^ ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League

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