The Merritt Centennials got some offense, but not enough to take their first exhibition test as they fell by a score of 5-1 to the Coquitlam Express. The first period saw the teams testing each other and the Centennials getting up to game speed. Despite the teams trading powerplay chances in the first neither could […]
Photo Credit: Garrett James The Merritt Centennials continue to complete trades from the January deadline, but in this case they’ve made an additional move. The Centennials received forward Tyler Schleppe (01) from the Coquitlam Express as future considerations of the deal that saw defender Joey Berkopec (99) depart from the Cents. In addition, the Cents […]
The Merritt Centennials saw their playoff hopes dashed on Tuesday night against the BCHL’s best in the Coquitlam Express, falling by a score of 9-2. The Cents opened the scoring just 1:10 into the game after Rylan Van Unen picked a pocket at the blueline, danced in and rang a shot off the post that […]
The Merritt Centennials (11-37-1-3) welcome the BCHL’s best in the Coquitlam Express (42-8-1-1) tonight. The Cents are coming in with a head of steam after their first win of 2020 against the Prince George Spruce Kings. Early on the Cents were in tough as they came in with just 4 defenseman, and Brophy Dunne dropped […]
The Merritt Centennials are pleased to announce that they’ve acquired defenseman Doug Scott (00) from the Vernon Vipers in exchange for future considerations. Scott, a native of North Vancouver, is a BCHL veteran with 117 games under his belt split between the Coquitlam Express, Cowichan Valley Capitals, and the Vernon Vipers. He spent last season […]
The Centennials had their first lead after a period of play against the Coquitlam Express, but couldn’t follow it up in the final 40 minutes and fell 6-3. The first period saw the Cents surge early, but when things got a little hectic with end to end action the Express were the first team to […]
The Merritt Centennials (1-4) look to return to the win column when they storm the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex to take on the Coquitlam Express (4-1) tonight. The Centennials are coming off an up and down weekend that saw them have their best game of the year against the West Kelowna Warriors, and follow […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 2nd 2019 MERRITT, BC – Neil Menard President of the Merritt Centennials is pleased to announce the next head coach and general manager in franchise history: Barry Wolff. Wolff assumes the role left vacant by departing Head Coach/GM Joe Martin, and will begin immediately. Wolff spent last season with the […]
The Merritt Centennials got a 40 save performance and plenty of offense to return to the win column on Wednesday night against the Express 5-0. The powerplay has been a bit of a question mark all season long, but it had answers early in the goings of the first. Matt Kopperud clapped a one-timer from […]
The 2nd in the Interior Division Merritt Centennials (28-14-4-3) take on the Mainland’s 3rd place Coquitlam Express (25-21-2-2) tonight. The Centennials are coming off a light week of action with just 2 games, but are heading into their heaviest of the season with 4 games in 5 nights this week. The Cents were unable to […]
