Game Preview: Cents @ Wild – Oct. 20

Photo Credit: Garrett James The 1st in the Interior Division Merritt Centennials (11-6) will complete the double header against the 6th in the Interior Division Wenatchee Wild (6-6-2) tonight. Last night saw the Cents survive a frustrating first 20. They couldn’t get the puck out of their own zone, they couldn’t complete a clean pass, […]

Cents Stun Wild In OT

The Merritt Centennials put a forgettable first period in the rearview, continued to improve, and rode Nick Granowicz to a 4-3 win in OT against the Wenatchee Wild for their 4th win in a row. The Cents overcame a poor start where just everything seemed to be going wrong. They couldn’t complete a clean pass, […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Wild – Oct. 18

Photo Credit: Lisa Saffarek and Garrett James The 1st in the Interior Division Merritt Centennials (10-6) have a date down under with the 5th in the Interior Wenatchee Wild (6-6-1) tonight. The Cents are coming off their most complete game of the year, and third win in a row against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Over […]

Cents Shutout Silverbacks

The Merritt Centennials offense may not have filled the net to the same degree as they have in the last couple games, but they turned in their best defensive effort of the year and shutout the Salmon Arm Silverbacks 5-0. The first period saw the Centennials and Silverbacks feel eachother out for the first 10 […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Silverbacks – Oct. 17

Photo Credit: Lisa Saffarek, Pure Life Photography The Merritt Centennials (9-6) welcome their division rivals the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (6-5-1) to the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena for a midweek matchup tonight. The Cents are coming off an impressive weekend that saw them score 17 goals over 2 games. They stormed back from a 3-1 deficit […]

Cents Seeing Double In League’s Weekly Honors

Photo Credit: Garrett James The Merritt Centennials may have been snubbed from the BCHL’s Player of the Week honor, but two Cents earned honorable mentions for their efforts over the week that was. Brad Cocca now paces the league in scoring with 22 points this season, and he picked up 7 across 3 games this […]

Cents Offense Stays Red Hot

Photo Cred: Garrett James The Cents unleashed another offensive explosion, but followed it up with a much more responsible defensive game to rout the Capitals 9-1 on Sunday afternoon. The Centennials came out of the gate flying and drew an early penalty just 16 seconds into the contest. The boys would find pay dirt after […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Capitals – Oct. 14

The Merritt Centennials (8-6) will look for a measure of revenge this afternoon against the Cowichan Valley Capitals (2-8-1-1). The Cents are coming off an offense fueled 8-4 win against the West Kelowna Warriors. Brad Cocca started the game with a wrap around goal just 2 minutes in, but the Warriors quickly seized back momentum […]

Top Offense Comes As Advertised

In the Merritt Centennials and the West Kelowna Warriors it was a clash of the two top offenses in the Interior Division, and they didn’t dissapoint combining for 12 goals as the Centennials scored 8 to the Warriors 4 to take the first clash of the season. The party didn’t take long to get started […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Warriors – Oct. 12

Photo credit: Lorne White The 1st place in the Interior Division Merritt Centennials (7-6) will take on the 4th place West Kelowna Warriors (6-5) for the first time this season tonight at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. The two clubs split the season series last year 3-3 with each team winning twice on home ice, […]