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Augusta no longer majoring in minor sports

...city's progress as a sports destination. The Augusta Green Jackets, a minor league baseball team, were thriving. The Augusta Lynx, a minor league hockey team, had just started to plenty of fanfare. And an arenafootball2 franchise, the Augusta...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-18/augusta-no-longer-majoring-mi
Ice issues leave RiverHawks at a standstill

...playing their remaining games this season at a smaller venue. The system originally cost $1 million to install when the Augusta Lynx began in 1998, according to The Augusta Chronicle's records.Arena management has not provided a timetable for figuring...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/riverhawks/2013-03-09/ice-issues-leav
Auto dealer Frank Lawrence dies

...was civic-minded and wanted the best for Augusta," said Morris, who briefly was a co-owner with Lawrence of the Augusta Lynx ice hockey team. "He put his time and energy into everything he did, and he was a fine citizen. He will be missed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-11-19/auto-dealer-frank-lawrence-di
Frank Lawrence

...Mr. Lawrence started the Augusta Stallions, an Arena 2 Football League team. In 2003 he became co-owner of the Augusta Lynx professional hockey team. He was also a member of the Augusta Golf Association. Mr. Lawrence joined the Alabama National...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000161172521
RiverHawks, arena agree to third year of hockey

...the arena have enjoyed a "good partnership" over the past two years, unlike the city's previous hockey team, the Augusta Lynx, who shutdown suddenly two months into the 2009-10 season, leaving the arena scrambling to fill open dates.Jones...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/riverhawks/2012-02-13/riverhawks-aren
RiverHawks expect to win SPHL title

...goal to go all the way," McGill said. "Anything less for us this year would be a failure."Ralph, the former Augusta Lynx player now in his second year as a head coach, brought back much of the strong defensive unit that helped the RiverHawks...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/riverhawks/2011-10-19/riverhawks-expe
RiverHawks owner hopes to renew lease and return for third season

...last year," Kerzner said. "We'll see how it goes."But the current economic conditions and the memory of an Augusta Lynx team that skipped town in 2008 owing money to season ticket holders and sponsors hasn't been easy obstacles to overcome...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/riverhawks/2011-10-26/riverhawks-owne
RiverHawks goalie Peter Skoggard facing immigration issue

...the wrong document it can hurt."The immigration issues aren't the worst in the history of Augusta hockey. Nine Augusta Lynx players were ruled ineligible to play during Thanksgiving weekend in 2005 because of a ruling by the U.S. Citizenship...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/riverhawks/2011-11-01/riverhawks-goal
RiverHawks offer discount to loyal fans

...didn't initially receive total support. Many past hockey fans were still hurting from the sudden shutdown of the Augusta Lynx, which left season ticket holders holding dozens of unused, worthless tickets that were paid for in advance. Many...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/riverhawks/2012-02-28/riverhawks-offe
Augusta entertainment scene growing

...the last year the former authority board managed the venues, only 207,700 tickets were sold, including those to Augusta Lynx hockey and Augusta Colts indoor football games."We felt that this market would have been roughly a three-year project...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-06-26/augusta-entertainment-scene-g