The Brampton Capitals are based in the city of Brampton, a city of 400,000, in the Brampton district of Toronto, Ontario.
If you came across my January posting about Box Lacrosse, you might have been reminded that when the summer's over, there's going to be ice on that Box Lacrosse court, and people are going to play Ice Hockey there.
The Hockey Leagues of Canada and their histories, you might imagine, would be one of the most Byzantine and banal of palimpsests. But you would be underestimating the extremity of it. There's Provincial vs. National, Tier I and II, Regional league subheadings, Junior A, Junior B, and on and on, divisions of leagues of regions, etc.
If it pleases you, the Brampton Capitals are seeded first in the West Division, and are playing in the second round of championship playoffs tomorrow night, after defeating the Ice Hawks last Friday. As recounted from the Brampton Capitals website, "Several games saw numerous players drop the gloves in the heat of the battle."
It must be said, this team needs a new mascot. They haven't even picked a single capital letter, like 'B' ... maybe they mean 'B' and 'C', but that's so self referential, not to mention abstract.
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