The South Side Lynx (officially the South Side MacDonald's Excavation/EF MacPhee Lynx) are a

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Junior C

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team based in

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. They are members of the

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. 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

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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 The Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship are the Junior "C" ice hockey championships for the Maritime Junior "C" leagues and Hockey North's Team Nunavut of the Canadian Territory of Nunavut. History The championship was officially adopte ...

in Charlottetown. They defeated the MU Rhinos of the

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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

Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship

South Side Lynx all-time scoring leaders

References

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