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. The bird is a Whooping Crane .]] The Macon Whoopee was the name given to two distinct former Ice Hockey teams, both of which were located in Macon, Georgia . The teams played their home games at the Macon Coliseum . The first team, known as the Whoopees, played in the Southern Hockey League in 1973 . Despite a brief flash of national publicity due to the unusual nickname ( NBC aired their scores and highlights on its NHL Game Of The Week), poor attendance led the team to disband in mid-season. Hockey was not resurrected in Macon until 1996 . A new team, known as the Whoopee (without the plural "s") played in the Central Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 and the East Coast Hockey League in 2002 . After several owners endured seasons of poor attendance and monetary losses, the team finally Went Under in 2002 . Efforts to continue professional hockey in Macon led to the formation of the Macon Trax , also now defunct. The name was a reference to a Sexual Slang , popularized by the Gus Kahn -penned tune '' Makin' Whoopee '' and the '' The Newlywed Game '' TV Game Show . |
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