FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Merritt, BC – August 20, 2012
The Merritt Centennials would like to announce that they are looking for a number of seasons of historical stats and rosters as they prepare for their 40th Anniversary Season.
"The Centennials have never really had an accurate compilation of all-time statistics and we're close to getting there," said Cents Media & Communications Coordinator Brian Wiebe. "Out of 39 seasons, only a handful are missing."
"In honour of our 40th season, our goal is to compile all-time franchise leaders in goals, assists, points and penalty minutes for forwards and defencemen," Wiebe continued. "Because win-loss records are proving to be very hard to come by, for goaltenders we're just focusing on games-played, goals-against-average and hopefully, save percentage."
"We're sure that there are a number of people out there who have things like old Centennials programs, roster sheets and stat sheets that would be immensely helpful to completing this project," Wiebe added. "People don't even need to give us their momentos, all materials submitted will be returned if they are originals."
Scans of historic Cents photos would also be appreciated.
The Centennials are missing full player statistics and/or rosters for the following seasons:
1973-74
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1980-81
1981-82
1989-90
If you have any roster information or copies of these or any other season statistics please contact Cents Media & Communications Coordinator Brian Wiebe at 604-916-8448 or via email at [email protected].
Follow the Cents on Twitter at @BCHLCentennials and on Facebook.com/MerrittCentennials.
Season tickets are still available for the 2012-13 season. For more information on how to get yours, call the Cents Marketing office at 250-378-3604.
The Merritt Centennials, proudly celebrating 40 seasons as the BCHL's longest continuously run franchise, are a non-profit, community owned Junior 'A' Hockey Club run by a dedicated team of investors, directors, and volunteers.
