Brampton Beast
The Brampton Beast were a Canadian professional ice hockey team. They began playing in 2013 in the Central Hockey League (CHL). The team last played in the ECHL. They played their home games in Brampton, Ontario at the CAA Centre.
| Brampton Beast | |
|---|---|
| City | Brampton, Ontario |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | North |
| Founded | 2013 (in the CHL) |
| Home arena | CAA Centre |
| Colours | Black, silver, red, white |
| General manager | Cary Kaplan |
| Head coach | Spiros Anastas |
| Affiliate(s) | Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Franchise history | |
| 2018–2020 | Brampton Beast |
On January 23, 2013, it was announced that the Central Hockey League Board of Directors had approved a CHL expansion team to Brampton, Ontario.[1] On April 10, it was announced that team would be called the Brampton Beast after the name to as chosen in a name-the-team contest.[2]
In 2014, the CHL would end up going out of business. In October 2014, the Beast, Allen Americans, Missouri Mavericks, Quad City Mallards, Rapid City Rush, Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder would all be accepted as new teams in the ECHL.[3]
On October 24, 2014, the team would play their first game in the ECHL. They would be defeated by the Toledo Walleye 6–3.[4]
On March 9, 2016, Brampton city council approved a three-year; $1.5 million sponsorship agreement for the Powerade Centre and it's losses financially after the Beast threatened to stop playing the next season.[5]
They were the ECHL affiliate for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens from 2015 until 2019 and the Ottawa Senators from 2019 until 2020.[6]
The team announced that it would not play the 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] The team would never come back and would announced on February 18, 2021 that they had stopped playing entirely.[8]
References
- ↑ "Central Hockey League Reaches Agreement with Brampton, Ontario". Central Hockey League. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ↑ "'Beast' about to be unleashed". Brampton Guardian. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ↑ "ECHL Accepts Seven New Members". ECHL. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Beast tamed in ECHL debut". Brampton Guardian. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Brampton throws $1.5M lifeline to struggling Beast hockey club". Brampton Guardian. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Senators announce affiliation agreement with ECHL's Brampton Beast". Ottawa Senators. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ↑ "North Division Elects Suspension of Play for 2020-21 Season". ECHL. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Brampton Beast a Casualty of COVID-19". ECHL. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
Other websites
- Official website (Archive)
