Augusta Lynx

Augusta Lynx
City	Augusta, Georgia
League	ECHL
Conference	American Conference
Division	South Division
Founded	1998
Home arena	James Brown Arena
Colors	Red, White, Blue
Owner(s)	Jan Hodges Burch, Robert Burch, Dan Troutman
General manager	Dan Troutman
Head coach	John Marks
Media	WRDW (AM), b-2 Network
Affiliates	Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL), Norfolk Admirals (AHL)
Franchise history
1991 to 1998	Raleigh IceCaps
1998 to Present	Augusta Lynx
Championships
Regular season titles	none
Division titles	none
Conference titles	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 affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL and the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL. 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.)

History of the Augusta Lynx

Main article: History of the Augusta Lynx

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.

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

Current Roster

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
		Chase Watson	C	L	Oct. 23, 1982	Media, Pennsylvania, USA
		Mike Field	F		Sep. 6, 1983	Marquette, Wisconsin, USA
		Joel Hanson	F	R	Jun. 20, 1983	Elk River, Minnesota, USA
		Joel Hartman	F	R	Aug. 4, 1984	St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	/	Igor Karlov	F	L	Sep. 25, 1985	Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
		Michael Mullen	F	R	Jul. 16, 1983	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
		Joe Rooney	F		Sep. 15, 1985	Canton, Massachusetts, USA
		Jimmy Russo	F	R	Jan. 18, 1985	Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA
		Ryan Stern	F	L	Jan. ?, 1987	Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
		Jason Bloomingburg	LW	L	Nov. 29, 1982	Canton, Michigan, USA
		Patrick Bordeleau	LW	L	Mar. 23, 1986	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
		Travis Fuller	LW	L	Jan. 25, 1986	Whitney, Ontario, Canada
		Aaron Slattengren	LW	L	Dec. 28, 1981	Duluth, Minnesota, USA
		Jamie Thompson	LW	L	Mar. 24, 1974	Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
		Matt Auffrey	RW	R	Jan. 3, 1986	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
		Sean O' Connor	RW	R	Jan. 31, 1987	Brownstown, Michigan, USA
		Dallas Steward	W	L	Feb. 11, 1980	Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, USA
		Scott Thauwald	W	L	Oct. 26, 1984	Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Defensemen
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
		Tim Branham	D	L	May 10, 1981	Eagle River, Wisconsin, USA
		Chris Brooks	D	R	Jun. 2, 1982	New York City, New York, USA
		B.J. Crum	D	R	Aug. 6, 1983	Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
		Art Femenella	D	R	Jun. 6, 1982	Annandale, New Jersey, USA
		Arthur Fritch	D			South Boston, Massachusetts, USA
		Mark Hammersmith	D	L	Apr. 14, 1983	Chicago, Illinois, USA
		Jim Jensen	D	R	Jul. 1, 1984	Maplewood, Minnesota, USA
		R.J. Linder	D	R	Nov. 9, 1983	St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
		Jamie McKinven	D	L	Dec. 3, 1981	Kingston, Ontario, Canada
		Josh Peterson	D	L	Jan. 18, 1984	Duluth, Minnesota, USA
		Kevin Quick	D	L	Mar. 29, 1988	Buffalo, New York, USA

Goaltenders
#		Player	Position	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
		A.J. Bucchino	G	L	May 8, 1984	Bow, New Hampshire, USA
		Sean Hershman	G			Clifton, Virginia, USA
		Joel Martin	G	L	Oct. 8, 1982	Fort Worth, Texas, USA
		Pier-Olivier Pelletier	G	L	Apr. 8, 1987	Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec, Canada

Staff
Title	Staff Member
Head Coach	John Marks
Assistant Coach	Dane Litke
Trainer	Chad Weprin
Equipment Manager	Ryan Adamson
Director of Public Relations	A.J. Bembry
Director of Broadcasting	Anthony Langella

External links

• Augusta Lynx Official Website
• ECHL Official Website