The CHL recently added the Border City Bandits
located in Texarkana. The logo was released friday...a
orange and black racoon in a lime green and blue
shirt...um yuck! Border City Bandits-- Named Peter South
coach and<br>director of player personnel. <br><br>Mike
Berger has officially retired...AGAIN! hmm makes you
wonder if he'll show up playing for the Bandits. He
seems to unretire for expansion
teams!<br><br>Indianapolis Ice (CHL) -- Re-signed defenseman Dan Cousineau
for<br>the 2000-01 season.<br><br>Memphis Riverkings (CHL)
-- Named Doug Shedden coach and <br>director of
hockey operations.<br><br>and last but not
least....<br><br>Could it be Bye Bye Whopee??<br>Macon Whoopee suspends
operations <br><br>By Phillip Ramati & Thomas W.
Krause<br>The Macon Telegraph <br><br>Another season? Possibly
not. The Macon Whoopee officially
suspended<br>operations Tuesday morning. <br><br>Another reason? The
Whoopee wants exclusive indoor advertising rights
at<br>the Coliseum - something the city can't guarantee.
<br><br>On Tuesday, team president Keith Burdette informed
the office staff, head<br>coach Graeme Townshend and
some players of the decision. <br><br>"We don't have a
contract (with the city)," Burdette said. "We can't
make<br>payroll, so we had to suspend operations. We still hope we
can get things<br>done and get things worked out. But
right now, we can't afford to pay the<br>staff."
<br><br>&lt;some stuff deleted&gt;<br><br>Team employees spent
most of Tuesday packing up offices in the Coliseum.
<br><br>Meanwhile, most people were caught off-guard by the team's
decision. <br><br>"I'm shocked about it, I guess," said
Townshend, who was visiting his<br>family in Toronto and
preparing for next week's CHL expansion draft. "I<br>was
told we would have to clear stuff out of the office,
and my wife is<br>going down there (Wednesday). As
far as I know, I'm out of a job ... which<br>kind of
sucks, because I was offered another job (in Lake
Charles, La.,<br>two months ago) and I turned it down.
<br><br>"I was hoping for months that this thing would get
resolved, but there<br>were no signatures (on the new
lease). I'm not going to do anything until<br>Keith says
it's done." <br><br>&lt;other stuff
deleted&gt;<br><br>Even if the Whoopee does return to play next season,
the suspension of<br>business may prove extremely
damaging in the future. Townshend had<br>recruited several
new players and was hoping to keep together a
good<br>portion of the team that went 34-26-10 and made it to the
second round<br>of the playoffs. Now, those players may
seek employment elsewhere. <br><br>&lt;rest of article
deleted&gt;<br><br>Full article at:
<a href=http://www.macontelegraph.com/sports/whoopee0621.htm
target=new>http://www.macontelegraph.com/sports/whoopee0621.htm</a>