Description Available in: The Brampton Beast were a professional ice hockey team based in Brampton, Ontario. The team originally played in the Central Hockey League for one year during the 2013–14 season prior to the league's folding before joining the ECHL from 2014 to 2020. The Beast played their home games at the CAA Centre. The team was one of only two Canadian members of the ECHL along with the Newfoundland Growlers from 2018 to 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beast voluntarily suspended operations through at least the 2020–21 ECHL season, but ceased operations entirely.