FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Merritt, BC – November 14, 2012 The Merritt Centennials two game winning streak came to an end with a hard-fought 3-2 loss to the Penticton Vees in BCHL action Wednesday night at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Merritt (12-6-1-1) opened the scoring on a shorthanded goal by Sean Maktaak at the 13:32 […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Calgary, AB – November 12, 2012 The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) in conjunction with NHL Central Scouting announced today its Weekly Top 20 rankings for the week of November 12th. Last week's rankings and the leagues in which the teams belong to are in parenthesis. The CJHL Weekly Top 20 as […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Yarmouth, NS – November 11, 2012 Defenceman Dane Birks (Williams Lake, B.C./Merritt, BCHL) and Team West won the President’s Cup with an 8-6 overall victory despite a 6-3 loss to East in the second CJHL Prospects Game on Sunday afternoon. Austin Plevy (Langley, B.C./Chilliwack, BCHL) scored the aggregate winner with 2:42 to […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Merritt, BC – November 10, 2012 The Merritt Centennials are pleased to announce that goaltender Tyler Steel is the Mark's Work Wearhouse Player of the Month for October 2012. The 19-year-old Steel played eight games in October, finishing with a 5-3-0-0 record. The Vernon product had a 3.20 goals-against-average, a .912 save […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Merritt, BC – November 10, 2012 The Merritt Centennials are riding a two game winning streak after a 3-1 victory over the Trail Smoke Eaters in BCHL action on Saturday night at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Trail (9-13-0-1) opened the scoring at 10:09 of the first period while Merritt (12-5-1-1) outshot […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Digby, NS – November 10, 2012 Defenceman Dane Birks (Williams Lake, B.C./Merritt, BCHL) was held off the scoresheet but Sean MacTavish (Edmonton, Alta./Sherwood Park, AJHL) notched the game’s first two goals to get the offence rolling as West blanked East 5-0 on Saturday night before a capacity crowd at Digby Area Arena […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Penticton, BC – November 9, 2012 The Merritt Centennials met the Penticton Vees for the first time since last spring's Interior Conference Final and came away with a 3-2 win in BCHL action Friday night at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Penticton (13-4-0-2) opened the scoring at 9:34 of the first period […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Calgary, AB – November 6, 2012 The Merritt Centennials are pleased to announce that 17-year-old defenceman Dane Birks has been selected to take part in the 2012 Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Prospects Games as part of Team West on November 10th & 11th in Digby and Yarmouth, NS. "It is a […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Merritt, BC – November 2, 2012 The Merritt Centennials dropped their second straight game as they fell 3-2 to the Surrey Eagles in BCHL action on Friday night at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Surrey (10-6-0-1) opened the scoring at 10:45 of the first period on a goal by Michael Stenerson. Dylan […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Merritt, BC – October 27, 2012 The Merritt Centennials posted their first shutout of the season with a 3-0 win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday night at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. There was no scoring in the first or second period. Merritt (10-3-1-1) outshot Alberni Valley (7-8-0-3) 16-7 in the […]