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The Brampton Capitals continue to do an overhaul on the team in many ways.
The first announcement the Capitals made in the last week was signing a new sponsership deal. The Capitals and Zebratel, an IP telecommunication service, have signed a one year agreement. Zebratel will be the official sponser of the season 3 campaign, including the playoffs and all tournaments that the Capitals enter into.
The second announcement was made shortly after, an unveiling of the Capital's new look. The Capitals unveiled a gradient design jersey style. Both the home and away are red, moving into white (at home) or black (on the road) featuring blue stars. When asked to comment on how the new look came to be team owner, mrnegative15, had the following to say:
"We started this whole process a few months back now, just before the playoffs for season 2 were about to get under way. At the time the Guelph Gryphons from II.2 unveiled a 3rd jersey that we really liked. So we contacted them to get an idea of how to get the ball rolling. So we owe our highway 7 neighbours a big ""thanks"". At the time the big debate for us was what direction to go in. At the end of the day we came up with 2 designs we really liked; one being a very traditional style with waist stripes and arm bands, similar to that of the NHL's New Jersey Devils, the second is what you see on the ice today. Why we went with the current look is simple, we felt it matched our logo and the type of message we like to portray. Our logo has classic hockey elements in it (the angled stick with a puck, and a shield) but it's presented in a very modern way (very new style font, colours that are a non-traditional hue). We took the same approach with the jerseys, using the star pattern (which has been used by teams like the pre-original 6 NHL's Brooklyn Americans, or the Washington Capitals or current day) and added the gradient to present a more modern spin on it. We're quite happy with the look that came from this, as we feel this is what the Capitals are all about. Modern hockey, keeping in mind that the past has shaped this game and some old ideas still hold tru today."
Staffing changes have been part of the theme as of late as well. Brampton added 2 new faces to the staff this week. Mark Pitman a Physiotherapist who specializes in defensive restoration and Keith Thivierge, a custodian who specializes in maitenance. As a result, Kevin Charbonneau has been placed on the market. Kevin has maintained a good balance between security and maintence abilities and has been with the team since August 2009.
Player signings have been going on all week as well. As mentioned Pierre Caron and Jacob Redman were brought into the club from the developmental system last week, then Brampton went to the market to add some more of a vetran presence as well. The first signing was Russian Andrey Gavirlov from Russia IV.16's club: Легенда осени. Andrey is a 19 year old vetran who's notched 57 career league points, an offensive specialist who was brought in to score. After that Slovakian Dionyz Zufka was signed from Canada II.2's Guelph Gryphons. Dionyz is a 20 year old vetran who's know for his great hockey mind. As head coach Bob Petit was quoted as saying "we've brought some real international flavour to this club recently and I'm really happy about that. Andrey is really going to get those point on the board for us and that is something any team can use more of. Dionyz is a leader and hopefully, he'll be able to help some of our younger players understand what this game is all about. These signing should help strengthen the club long term."
It wasn't all player signings though. the Capitals and T.J. Gregg, an original team member going back to the Screaming Eagles days, come to terms on a release. T.J. Gregg never played a competitive game with the club and was on the roster for 2 seasons. Head Coach Bob Petit made a quick statement regarding this roster move: "T.J.'s a great guy. He is very dedicated to being the best he can be, unfortunatley he just didn't fit into our plans for turning this club into a perenial contender. We decided rather than him hovering in limbo here we'd pay him what we owed him and let him look for employment elsewhere. We wish T.J. the best of luck."
Brampton currently is bidding on the services of another member of the Guelph Gryphons, winger Steve Upson, stay tuned for further developments on that front.

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