Merritt, BC – The Merritt Centennials are proud to announce that forward Ashton Stockie will join the team for the 2017-18 BCHL season. Stockie just turned 18 last week and is from Stratford, Ontario. This past season, he was a rookie for the Kitchener Dutchmen of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, and scored […]
Merritt Centennials team social media coordinator caught up with former Cents player Jordan Emmerson, in a “Where He Is Now” interview. You started your junior career in Nanaimo, and then played for the Penticton Panthers for two seasons, one season with the Cowichan Valley Capitals, and then finished your junior career here in […]
With all 31 NHL teams starting off their development camps this summer, three former Merritt Centennials are among the young players hoping to get a shot at “playing in the show” Dane Birks (2012-2014) is currently at the Pittsburgh Penguins camp. Birks was drafted during his time as a Centennial, going in the […]
Team Social Media spokesperson, Katie Campbell caught up with former Merritt Centennials goalie Lino Chimienti to check out ‘Where He Is Now’; Favorite thing about playing in Merritt? “How much the community embraced the team. From the first day, I drove into town and took a tour with Coach Luke Pierce, I knew I […]
The Merritt Centennials announced on Monday the signing of 18-year-old forward Brendan Schneider, 17-year-old Matthew Kopperud, and 17-year-old Jackson Munro. Schneider is from Wesley, Ontario and has played the last two seasons for Albany Academy and the Boston Bulldogs U-18. Kopperud is from Denver, Colorado and has played the last two seasons for The […]
The Merritt Centennials are excited to announce that defenseman Mike Faulkner has committed to Hobart College (NCAA Div. III) for the 2017-18 season. Faulkner spent the last two seasons in a Centennials uniform, playing 103 regular season games and 11 postseason games, putting up a total of 10 goals and 53 assists during the regular […]
The Merritt Centennials announced today the commitment of defenseman Aaron Murray to Concordia University Wisconsin for the 2017-18 season. “I couldn’t be more excited to start the next chapter of my life at Concordia University” said Murray, “It would have not been possible without the help of the entire Centennials organization. I am extremely grateful […]
The BCHL announced its all-star teams for the 2016/2017 season and a pair of Centennials have been named for the All-Rookie team. Centennials forward Zach Risteau and goaltender Jacob Berger were named for the rookies. Congrats to the two Centennials on being named! Check out the full All-Star squad below, BCHL 1st-Team All-Stars F […]
Team social media girl, Katie Campbell caught up with the players and Head coach/GM Joe Martin, to see what their favourite memory of the season was, Head Coach/GM, Joe Martin- “ Overtime winners in playoffs for sure, Stephan Seeger’s in game 2 and 4, and then Tyrell Buckley’s in game 6 to force […]
The Merritt Centennials held their annual spring camp this past weekend. The team saw many kids from all over trying out to have a shot at playing for the Cents. The camp saw two players that came from Newfoundland to try out and impress the Cents coaching staff. Both players said that they […]
