What is Brampton Beast?
{{Hockey team | team = Brampton Beast | color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#9EA2A2 5px solid; | color text = #000000 | city = [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]], [[Ontario]] | league = [[ECHL]] | conference = Eastern | division = North | founded = 2013 (in the [[Central Hockey League|CHL]]) | folded = 2021 | arena = [[CAA Centre]] | colours = Black, silver, red, white<br>{{colour box|black}} {{colour box|#9EA2A2}} {{colour box|#DA291C}} {{colour box|white}} | coach = Spiros Anastas | GM = [[Cary Kaplan]] | affiliates = [[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[Ottawa Senators]]<br>[[Tampa Bay Lightning]] | name1 = Brampton Beast | dates1 = {{nowrap|2018–2020}} | reg_season_titles = | division_titles = | conf_titles = | kelly_cups = }} The '''Brampton Beast''' were a [[Canada|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] team. They began playing in [[2013–14 CHL season|2013]] in the [[Central Hockey League]] (CHL). The team last played in the [[ECHL]]. They played their home games in [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]], [[Ontario]] at the [[CAA Centre]]. On January 23, 2013, it was announced that the Central Hockey League Board of Directors had approved a CHL expansion team to [[Brampton, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://centralhockeyleague.com/news/index.html?article_id=9177|accessdate=February 14, 2024|title=Central Hockey League Reaches Agreement with Brampton, Ontario|publisher=Central Hockey League}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bramptonguardian.com/sports/article/1602729--beast-about-to-be-unleashed|accessdate=February 14, 2024|title='Beast' about to be unleashed|publisher=Brampton Guardian|archive-date=May 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516220412/http://www.bramptonguardian.com/sports/article/1602729--beast-about-to-be-unleashed|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In 2014, the CH