The South Side Lynx (officially the South Side MacDonald's Excavation/EF MacPhee Lynx) are a Canadian Junior C ice hockey team based in Crapaud, Prince Edward Island. They are members of the Prince Edward Island Junior C Hockey League. They are coached by Paul Dawson and play out of the South Shore Actiplex. The Lynx have won the Razzy's PEI Junior C league title on three occasions in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

History

The South Side Lynx were founded in 2009. As with many expansion franchises, they struggled in their early years, never advancing past the first round of the playoffs until season three in 2011–12, where they were eliminated by Pownal Red Devils in the semifinals.

The Lynx appeared in the league finals for the first time in 2013, losing to Tignish in four games.

Two years later, in 2014-15 the Lynx won the league title, advancing on to the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship in Charlottetown. They defeated the MU Rhinos of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League to advance to the final, where they were defeated by Nunavut's Baffin Blizzard.

After 20 games played in the 2018–19 the team ceased operations due to a lack of healthy players. After sitting out the next season the Lynx returned to the ice for 2020–21.

Season by season Season GP W L T OTL PtsGF GA Results Playoffs2009–10265162315871426th of 6Lost first round 1-3 vs North River Flames2010–1128131500261251345th of 8Lost first round 0-3 vs Summerside Crunch2011–1228101512231181396th of 8Won first round 3-1 vs North River Flames Lost semifinals 1-4 vs Pownal Red Devils2012–13282060242135912nd of 6Won semifinals 4-0 vs North River Flames Lost finals 4-0 vs Tignish Aces2013–14282330349146731st of 7Won semifinals 3-2 vs Souris Hawks

Lost finals 1-4 vs Tignish Aces2014–15282150244173751st of 6Won semifinals 3-0 vs Sherwood Falcons

Won finals 4-0 vs Belfast Sabres2015-16 28 20 6 0 2 42 134 96 1st of 6Won semifinals 3-0 vs Tignish Aces Won finals 4-0 vs Belfast Sabres2016-17 26 20 6 0 - 40 150 96 1st of 6Won semifinals 3-0 vs North River FlamesWon finals 4-2 Sherwood Metros2017-18 28 17 10 0 1 35 140 113 3rd of 6 Won quarterfinals 3-0 vs Georgetown EaglesLost semifinals 0-3 vs Tignish Aces2018-19 20 5 13 0 2 - - - Ceased operationsDNP: lack of healthy players2021-22 16 2 14 0 0 4 31 95 5th of 5 Lost Play In 0-2 vs North River Flames2022-23 28 4 22 1 1 11 67 180 5th of 5 Won Play In 2-1 vs Sherwood MetrosLost Semifinals, 0-4 Tignish Aces2023-24 24 7 15 x 2 16 84 142 4th of 5 Lost Play In 1-2 vs Sherwood Metros2024-25 25 4 21 x 0 8 79 179 6th of 6 Lost Play In 0-3 vs Sherwood Metros

Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship Year Round Robin Record Standing Semifinal Bronze Medal Game Gold Medal Game 2015 W, Baffin Blizzard 5-4L, Truro Rhinos 1-5OTW, Sherwood Falcons 5-4L, Western Valley Panthers 2-5 2-2-0 4th of 5 W, Truro Rhinos 3-2 n/aL, Baffin Blizzard 5-6 2016 L, Western Valley Panthers 2-6L, Spryfield Attack 2-5L, Kivalliq Canucks 4-6L, Tri-County River Cats 0-4 0-4-0 5th of 5 DNQ n/an/a 2017 L, Southern Sting 1-13W, Metro Jaguars 4-2W, Cumberland/Colchester Colts 6-0W, Baffin Blizzard 6-3 3-1-0 2nd of 5 OTL, Metro Jaguars 3-4 n/an/a 2018Host L, Tri-County River Cats 4-5W, Baffin Blizzard 4-3L, Sherwood Metros 1-5L, Spryfield Attack 1-5 1-3-0 4th of 5 W, Tri-County River Cats 4-3n/aL, Sherwood Metros 1-4

South Side Lynx all-time scoring leaders

Rank Name Games played Goals Assists Points 1 Rob Miller 128 99 125 224 2 Colton Dawson 125 86 135 221 3 Brady Vandervelden 121 121 98 219 4 Chad Murphy 128 93 84 177 5 Cody Dawson 124 64 105 169 6 Andy Murphy 135 62 95 157 7 Joel McIsaac 121 51 71 122 8 Cody Miller 52 42 54 96 9 Marshall Thomas 130 24 66 90 10 Nick Vandervelden 83 28 56 1002

See also

List of ice hockey teams in Prince Edward Island

References

External links PEI Junior C Website