MERRITT, BC. – The Merritt Centennials Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to announce Defenceman Michael Shara (’03) has committed to the team for the 2022-2023 season. Shara, a 5’10 185 pound native of Laguna Niguel, California spent the 2021-22 and 2020-21 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 18U AAA program. Shara is described as an […]
MERRITT, B.C. – The Merritt Centennials Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to announce Forward Diego Johnson (’06) has committed to the team for the 2022-2023 season. Johnson, a 5’10 170 pound native of Fort St. James, British Columbia has spent the last number of seasons, including this season, at the Okanagan Hockey Academy in […]
BURNABY, B.C. – Today, the BC Hockey League announced the finalists for five of the major awards for the 2019-20 season. After a round of voting by the BCHL coaches, a finalist from each division was determined for the Vern Dye Memorial Trophy for the league’s Most Valuable Player, the Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy for Rookie […]
The Merritt Centennials would like to announce that they’ve acquired Evan Benwell (00)and future considerations from the Nanaimo Clippers in exchange for Josh Kagan (00). Benwell, a product of Toronto, comes to the Cents after getting into just 3 games for the Nanaimo Clippers this season and 3 games for the Notre Dame Hounds of […]
The Vancouver Canucks announced this morning that they have re-signed former Cents defender Josh Teves to a two-year, two-way deal. Teves, 24, made his professional debut with Vancouver on Mar. 26, 2019 vs Anaheim. He signed an entry level contract with Vancouver on Mar. 12, 2019. In 2018/19, Teves led all Princeton Tigers defencemen in […]
The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Tuesday the names of the five finalists for the CJHL Coach of the Year and a familiar name is among the list. For his efforts in the 2018-19 season, which stands as the third best regular season in Centennials history behind only the legendary Joe Tennant teams of 77 […]
Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography Call it a fairy tale ending and beginning for Mathieu ‘The Goose’ Gosselin as he has committed to Clarkson University for the 2019-20 season. Hailing from Quebec City, the Goose will be trading in his wings for armour as he’s set to join the Golden Knights in Northern New York […]
Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials are proud to announce that defenseman and local product Mike Van Unen has committed to play for Northern Michigan University for 2019-20. In his 3rd year of BCHL action, Van Unen has taken a big step forward this season in terms of minutes played, match ups, and […]
Photo Credit: Garrett James For the third time this season Nick Granowicz has been named an honorable mention in the BCHL’s Player of the Week. A native of Macomb, Michigan, Granowicz scored the game winning goal on the powerplay in Friday’s 4-3 thriller over the Vernon Vipers with 6 minutes to go in the third. […]
The Merritt Centennials have added another player to the roster: Payton Matsui. According to Head Coach and General Manager Joe Martin, Matsui is a player they’ve had their eye on for a while. “We recruited Payton back in the spring last year, and committed to him them, but being American we wanted to see where […]
