Game Preview: Cents Vs Eagles – Oct 1

Date – Friday, October 1, 2021 Game Time – 7:00 pm Location – Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, Merritt BC Broadcast – BCHLTV ONLY   Surrey Eagles 0-4-1            Merritt Centennials 1-2-0 The Merritt Centennials and Surrey Eagles will complete a home and home preseason series tonight at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Last weekend the Cents handled business in […]

RECAP: Cents Learn To Fly In Surrey

The Merritt Centennials who have been struggling for offense in their first two games of the preseason campaign finally broke through with an offensive onslaught against the Surrey Eagles winning by a score of 6-4. In the first period, the Cents were able to jump out to an early lead thanks to the play of […]

PTC Preview: Cents At Eagles – Sep 25th

The Centennials hit the road to the coast once more looking for their first win of the season when they drop into face the Surrey Eagles tonight. The team showed improvement in their 2nd showing of the exhibition campaign last night against a strong Spruce Kings club, and will look to continue the upwards trend […]

RECAP: Cents Start Strong, Spruce Kings Finish Strong

The Merritt Centennials had an excellent opening period, but couldn’t extend it to the second and third as the Spruce Kings battled back to take the game by a score of 6-2. It was Alex Ochitwa who opened the scoring in the first frame after settling down a loose puck at the blue line, walking […]

PTC Preview: Cents Vs Spruce Kings – Sep 24

The Merritt Centennials welcome their pod rival Prince George Spruce Kings to the NVMA tonight. During the league’s abbreviated pod season last year, the Spruce Kings were crowned pod champions while the Centennials were in tough against two strong teams in Chilliwack. The Centennials will be looking for a measure of revenge against the revamped […]

RECAP: Cents Can’t Capitalize In Coquitlam

The Merritt Centennials got some offense, but not enough to take their first exhibition test as they fell by a score of 5-1 to the Coquitlam Express. The first period saw the teams testing each other and the Centennials getting up to game speed. Despite the teams trading powerplay chances in the first neither could […]

Next Generation: Merritt Centennials

The Cents finished third in the Chilliwack Pod last year with a 3-17-0 record, but under new head coach Dave Chyzowski, they are looking to turn things around in 2021-22. Part of that turnaround will fall on the shoulders of the crop of new talent that the team has brought in. We caught up with […]

Cents Golf Tournament – September 11th

The Merritt Centennials are getting set to tee off on their 49th season in 2021-22, and they want to tee off on another edition of the Centennials Golf Tournament presented by the Merritt Golf and Country Club on Saturday September 11, 2021. The Centennials are sorry to postpone the golf tournament to a later date, […]

New Recruit: Will Bowman

The Merritt Centennials are excited to announce that they’ve committed to defender Will Bowman (02) from Deerfield Academy of the USHS Prep League for the upcoming season. Calling Chicago, Illinois home, Bowman most recently played with Deerfield and has played a total of 30 games for the prep team from 2019-21, while registering a goal […]

New Recruit: Anton Sorensen

The Merritt Centennials are pleased to announce that they’ve committed to forward Anton Sorensen (02) of the Boston Jr. Bruins in the USPHL Premier league. Sorensen, who hails from Wheaton, Illinois, stands at 5’10 and 170 pounds. The right handed shot got into 12 games with the Bruins at the USPHL level and tallied 2 […]