Brampton Beast
| Brampton Beast | |
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 2016–17 ECHL season
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| City | Brampton, Ontario |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | North |
| Founded | 2013 (in the CHL) |
| Home arena | Powerade Centre |
| Colours | Black, Silver, Red, White |
| Owner(s) | Gregg Rosen |
| General manager | Cary Kaplan |
| Head coach | Colin Chaulk |
| Captain | Brandon Marino |
| Affiliates |
Montreal Canadiens (NHL) St. John's IceCaps (AHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 2013–present | Brampton Beast |
The Brampton Beast is a professional ice hockey team based in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. An affiliate of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens and the American Hockey League's St. John's IceCaps, the team originally played in the Central Hockey League for one year during the 2013–14 season prior to the league's folding. The Beast play their home games at the Powerade Centre on Kennedy Road. The team is the only active Canadian team in the ECHL since the 2014–15 season.
From 1998 to 2013, the Powerade Centre was home to the Ontario Hockey League's Brampton Battalion, a major junior hockey team. The Battalion relocated to North Bay, Ontario in the 2013 off-season after several years of low attendance and struggling financially. On January 23, 2013, the Central Hockey League announced that it had signed a Letter of Intent with the ownership group led by Gregg Rosen, former Kingston Voyageurs owner, and president of KIMCO Steel in Kingston. Minority owner, Cary Kaplan, would serve as the President & General Manager. The lease was officially signed and the agreement executed on March 8, 2013.
On April 22, the Beast announced that Brampton native and former Fayetteville FireAntz coach, the 2012 SPHL coach of the year, Mark DeSantis would serve as the team's first head coach. DeSantis shortly named former Brampton Battalion player and his former teammate, Brent Hughes as Beast assistant coach.
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