Augusta Lynx
The Augusta Lynx were an American ice hockey franchise in the ECHL, which was in Augusta, Georgia, home.
History
The team was founded in 1998. , The home of the Lynx was the James Brown Arena, which has a capacity of 6,604 spectators.
In contrast to most other teams in the league farm team the Lynx neither an NHL still a AHL team included, but were independent. However, working from 2006 to 2008, among other things with the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL and the Portland Pirates of the AHL together. From the summer of 2008 there was a cooperation with the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Norfolk Admirals.
During the 2008/ 09 season, the team disbanded after the team owners had no new investors found.
Coach
As the first coach of the franchise history took Dan Wiebe 1998 as coach and led the Augusta Lynx by the following two seasons. The greatest success here was reaching the third playoff round in the season 1999/2000. For the following season, Scott MacPherson was introduced as the new head coach. After 33 match days, in which the team had a negative overall balance, he was relieved of his duties. As the successor to Jim Burton took over the position behind the gang and led the team with 22 wins in 39 games are still in the play-offs. After the 2001/ 02 season despite a positive overall balance of the final round was not achieved, was for Burton at the start of the next season the termination, after the team started with seven defeats in their first ten games.
Then David Wilkie took over as coach and was able to end of the season the rudder no longer turn things around, making the play-offs were held for the second time in a row without the team from Augusta. In the following two years, the team of Stan Drulia was supervised, who had previously led the Orlando Seals to the championship in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League. After him also had the privilege not a success, Bob Ferguson was assigned to lead the team. In the three years of his ministry in each case succeeded in making the play -offs, where the team three times in a row was eliminated in the first round. For the season 2008/ 09 John Marks was appointed as head coach. After only 18 games in December 2008 the resolution of the franchises. Marks left the team and then went to the Dayton Gems.
Former Players
The following players who were active for the Augusta Lynx, played in the course of her career in the National Hockey League:
- Zac Bierk
- Mike Brodeur
- Kevin Brown
- Gerald Coleman
- Jean -François Damphousse
- Tom Draper
- Joaquin Gage
- Trevor Gillies
- Chris Hajt
- Riku Helenius
- Greg Jacina
- Matt Johnson
- Simon Lajeunesse
- Darryl Laplante
- Guy Larose
- Jay Leach
- Scott Morrow
- Gregg Naumenko
- Jaroslav Obšut
- Pierre -Alexandre Parenteau
- Brad Ralph
- Brett Skinner
- Denis Chervyakov
- Michael Wall
- David Wilkie