The Merritt Centennials (34-15-4-3) square off with the Mainland’s Langley Rivermen (26-26-2-1) tonight. The Cents are coming off a tidy win against the West Kelowna Warriors. They gained the lead just 43 seconds in thanks to some work in front by Mathieu Gosselin and Nick Granowicz. Granowicz was able to find the rebound off a […]
The Merritt Centennials got a dominant display from their top line en route to a 4-1 win against the West Kelowna Warriors. The game had just begun when Nick Granowicz found a rebound to the side of the net off a Mathieu Gosselin try and banged it home for his 32nd goal of the season […]
The Merritt Centennials (33-15-4-3) lock horns with another Interior Division foe, the West Kelowna Warriors (27-27-0-1) tonight. The Cents are coming off a weekend where they went 2 for 2 against two Interior Division teams. First up were arch-rival Penticton, and for the first time in nearly 2 years the Cents marched into Penticton and […]
The Merritt Centennials survived an up and down game, but came out on top in the end against the Trail Smoke Eaters 6-4. The first period started with the Smokies converting on the powerplay on a long shot from Trevor Zins through the crowd. Brendan Schneider tied it up with a deflection of a Mike […]
The Merritt Centennials (42-15-4-3) get set for another Interior Division Showdown against the Trail Smoke Eaters (22-23-7-3) tonight. The Centennials are riding high after picking up their first win against the Penticton Vees in nearly two years last night. The Cents got a first period goal from Daniel Tkac after he stripped a defender and […]
For the first time in 2 years if you count the playoffs, and the first in 5 if you count the regular season the Merritt Centennials won in Penticton 4-2. Spurred on by 45 raucous fans that travelled on the Fan bus, the Cents had a strong opening period. Despite having a couple powerplay opportunities […]
After the Cents picked up 3 of 4 wins in the week that was the BCHL took notice of one players contributions. Brad Cocca has earned another honorable mention this season. The Centennials started the week off against the Coquitlam Express on Wednesday and Cocca was in on 3 of the 5 goals scored. He […]
The Merritt Centennials ran out of gas in the final game of a 4 in 5 stretch, and lost to the Victoria Grizzlies 4-1. The Grizzlies shot out to an early lead courtesy their phenom Alex Newhook. He set up Riley Hughes on a 2-on-1 and then got a gift from a Centennials defender between […]
**PUCK DROP 4PM** The Merritt Centennials (31-14-4-3) look to finish the Dad trip off with their 4th victory in a row against the 1st in the Island Division Victoria Grizzlies (32-16-0-4) this afternoon. The Cents are coming off another tidy effort against the Nanaimo Clippers last night. They survived a sleepy first and stormed out […]
It was two steps forward – one step back for the Merritt Centennials but they survived a see-saw battle against the Nanaimo Clippers 5-3. The first period was an absolute snoozer on both sides of the puck, with both teams getting an opportunity on the powerplay and being unable to convert. Shots after 1 were […]
