The playoff schedule is set as the Merritt Centennials (2nd Int) face off with the Trail Smoke Eaters (7th Int). Game 1: Friday March 1 – Merritt, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena Game 2: Saturday March 2 – Merritt, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena Game 3: Tuesday March 5 – Trail, Trail Memorial Centre Game 4: Wednesday […]
The Merritt Centennials may not have finished at the top of the division, but they brought the fans to their feet in a thrilling OT victory 4-3 over the Vernon Vipers. The first period started off all Merritt, but by the end they had nothing to show for it. Despite out shooting the Vipers 17-7 […]
The Merritt Centennials (35-15-4-3) will sport their new 3rd jerseys tonight against the Vernon Vipers (26-21-7-3). The Cents are coming off a gutsy win in Langley to keep their hopes of finishing first in the division alive. The Rivermen scored on the powerplay before Frazer Dodd poked in a Joey Berkopec shot from centre that […]
For the first time in his career Head Coach Joe Martin has been nominated for the BCHL’s Coach of the Year. Martin took over as head coach of the Cents in 2015-16 and has steadily lead the team to point totals of 50 or higher. His previous high water mark was a 23-25-2-8 season in […]
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 […]
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 […]
**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 […]
The 2nd in the Interior Merritt Centennials (29-14-4-3) take on the 2nd on the Island Powell River Kings (31-19-1-0) tonight. The Cents are coming off one of their best complete efforts on the season on Wednesday night against the Coquitlam Express. The Cents got a solid special teams effort that started early with Matt Kopperud […]
