Cents Slay Warriors In 3rd

The Merritt Centennials continued their perfect output against the West Kelowna Warriors, but this time in the Warriors barn, by a score of 5-4. It started off early for the Cents who converted just under two minutes into the game. Matt Kopperud deflected a Mattias Dal Monte point shot past Brock Baier to make it […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Warriors – Dec. 7

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials (19-11-1-1) will hope to right their road woes on the short journey to play the West Kelowna Warriors (18-13-0-1) tonight. The Cents are coming off a week where they went 1-2 with games against the Prince George Spruce Kings, the Vernon Vipers, and the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. […]

Gosselin Cracks Team Canada West

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography For the second year in a row the Merritt Centennials will be represented in two facets of Team Canada West. Mathieu Gosselin has made the team after tryouts this week, and will join Head Coach Joe Martin, who will be behind the bench as an Assistant. Gosselin is have a […]

Natural Hat Trick From Nick

The Merritt Centennials stormed back from a 2-0 deficit with 5 unanswered goals to win 5-2 over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The first period started slow for the Merritt Centennials. Matthew Verboon scored 4:17 into the game on a goal mouth scramble to give the Silverbacks the early lead. The Cents would get a two-man […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Silverbacks – Dec. 1

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography & Pure Life Photography The Merritt Centennials hope a return home will mean a return to the win column against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The Cents are coming off a hard fought 3-2 loss against the Vernon Vipers. A game in which they were the ones who pushed the pace, […]

Vipers Bite Cents On Counterattack

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Cents pushed the pace, and had great stretches throughout the game, but they fell victim to the counterattack against the Vernon Vipers and fell 3-2 in regulation. In the first period the Cents were outshooting the Vipers 6-1 when on the tail end of a powerplay, an ill-advised cross […]

Gosselin Commits To Clarkson

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography Call it a fairy tale ending and beginning for Mathieu ‘The Goose’ Gosselin as he has committed to Clarkson University for the 2019-20 season. Hailing from Quebec City, the Goose will be trading in his wings for armour as he’s set to join the Golden Knights in Northern New York […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Vipers – Nov. 30

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials will look to shake off some road rust as they take on the Vernon Vipers tonight. The Cents are coming off a 3-1 loss in Prince George and their previous road trip was a long one to Trail where they fell 2-1 in overtime. Needless to say […]

Spruce Kings Crown Cents

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials dug themselves a hole that was too deep to escape from on Wednesday against the Spruce Kings as they fell behind by three after the opening frame, and lost 3-1. All the Spruce Kings offense came in the first period. It started with a goal line stuff […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Spruce Kings – Nov. 28

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials (18-9-1-1) have another long road trip to Prince George to take on the Spruce Kings (19-7-1-2). The Centennials are coming off a week where they went 1-0-1-0 for an overtime split against the Trail Smoke Eaters and the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Against the Smoke Eaters the Cents […]