The Merritt Centennials look to put consecutive wins together again, tonight against the West Kelowna Warriors. The Centennials sit 4 points behind the Penticton Vees for first place in the division and have a 7 point lead over the Warriors for second place, but West Kelowna has one game in hand. The Cents will face the Warriors 3 more times in their final 6 games of the season.
Previous Matchups
Warriors 4 Cents 3 2OT – NVMA
Warriors 3 Cents 2 – Royal LePage Place
Warriors 3 Cents 2 – NVMA
Warriors 3 Cents 2 2OT – Royal LePage Place
Future Matchups
Saturday Feb 23 – West Kelowna @ Merritt
Friday March 1 – Merritt @ West Kelowna
Saturday March 2 – West Kelowna @ Merritt
Players to Watch
Merritt – Regan Soquila has 4 points in 4 games against West Kelowna and Richard Sabourin has 2 goals against the Warriors as well.
West Kelowna – Marcus Basara has enjoyed success against Merritt with 5 goals. Shawn Hochhausen has 6 points against the Cents.
Merritt has West Kelowna 3 in a row, while West Kelowna has Vernon sandwiched in between next weekends home and home. This series will go a long way to determining 2nd and 3rd place as well as home ice advantage. The Warriors have won all 4 games, but these games have been very close and immensely competitive.
All the action between the Cents and Warriors can be heard on Q101 and Q101.ca starting at 7pm with voice of the Cents, Graham Turnbull.
