The Merritt Centennials are pleased to announce the acquisition of 19 year old forward Dylan Herold from the Trail Smoke Eaters as the future considerations to complete the January 10th deal that saw 19 year old defenceman Kevin Koopman traded to the Kootenays.Herold, a 6'0″ 185 lb. Tsawwassen product, is entering his third season in the […]
The Merritt Centennials are pleased to announce the signing of nine players for the 2008-09 season. Of the nine players, six come from Junior B hockey while the other three spent the 2007-08 season playing midget hockey. In goal, the Centennials are pleased with the signing of 18-year-old netminder Kyle Nielsen. Nielsen, who is from […]
The Merritt Centennials held their Annual General Meeting on Monday, May 26, 2008 and a new Board of Directors was elected for the 2008-09 season.The new Board is as follows:President: Brian WiebeVice-President: Tom ReynoldsGovernor/Director of Hockey Operations: Rick MettlerTreasurer: Fred RileySecretary: Cathy FrizzellDirector of Marketing: Josh StathamDirector of Cents in Schools Program: John MorashDirectors at […]
The Merritt Centennials are very pleased to announce that their fundraising home at Nicola Lake is for sale! For more information on the home, click here!
The Merritt Centennials and Radio NL 1230 AM would like to congratulate Keegan Goodrich on his advancement to the Western Hockey League as the public relations director for the Swift Current Broncos. Goodrich, who has been the Centennials play by play announcer for the past four years and team director of player personnel for the […]
The Merritt Centennials Annual General Meeting is Monday, May 26, 2008 at the offices of Community Futures Nicola Valley at 7 p.m. Anyone interested in the hockey club in any aspect are encouraged to attend! Click here for the formal invitation.
Wade MacLeod of Coquitlam, British Columbia, was recently named Rookie of the Year for the Northeastern University men's ice hockey team in Boston. MacLeod, a freshman forward, was Northeastern's second-leading scorer with 11 goals and 16 assists for 27 points in 37 games. MacLeod had some key points early in the season, including NU's first […]
Itis with heavy hearts the Merritt Centennials regret to announce thesudden passing of long time fan, Nic Beers Sr. Nic was known to almost everyone in the Nicola Valley hockey community, especially the Centennials organization as both his son Eddy, and his grandson Dylan, both played for Merritt during their junior A careers. Wewill all […]
Former Merritt Centennials forward Casey Pierro-Zabotel is one step closer to playing in the National Hockey League, signing an amateur tryout agreement with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins that could soon lead to a professional contract with Pittsburgh, which selected the Ashcroft, BC product in the third round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Pierro-Zabotel was one […]
Junior A hockey made a brief return to the Nicola Valley this weekend. The Centennials held a spring evaluation camp at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Approximately 75 players took part in the camp from midget, major midget, and junior B teams. Many were invited to the camp based on what the coaching staff saw […]
