The Merritt Centennials (10-27-1-3) look to take game 2 of this weekend’s double header against the West Kelowna Warriors (8-25-5-2) tonight. The Merritt Centennials had a tough outing last night where a 49 second span in the first period really was the game as they couldn’t come back from the 3 goal turn in an […]
Written by Michael Reeve A 6-1 loss to Team Canada marks the end of Merritt Centennial forward Daniel Tkac’s World Junior Championship. The ‘Slovakian Superman’ was the first Merritt Centennial in team history to play in the Juniors. While the Slovaks fell well short of the podium, their eighth-place finish secures a spot in next […]
Written By Micheal Reeve For the first time in Merritt Centennials’ franchise history, they can say a Cent is playing in the World Junior Hockey Championship. In fact, the Cents can claim the only BCHL player in the 2020 Tournament, all thanks to Daniel Tkac’s extraordinary play. After a successful training camp, which had Tkac […]
The Merritt Centennials are proud to announce that Daniel Tkac has been asked to represent his home country of Slovakia in the upcoming World Junior Championships. The 5’11, 185 pound Slovakian, has been dynamite for the Centennials this season scoring 6 goals and setting up 14 in 23 games played. After playing in an energy […]
The Merritt Centennials (5-14-1) get set to take on a team they’re chasing in the standings in the Victoria Grizzlies (7-19) tonight. The Cents are looking to carry the momentum from last weekend after taking 3 of 4 points from one of the top teams in the league in the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. In game […]
The Merritt Centennials (4-10) take on their arch rival the Penticton Vees (13-3-1-0) this afternoon. For the first time this season the Cents have strung two wins in a row, and are looking to stay hot against perennial contender Penticton. On Friday night, it was a full team effort but the star that shone brightest […]
The Merritt Centennials were looking to avenge their opening night loss against the Wenatchee Wild in their first road game of the season, but couldn’t manage to replicate the effort of last night in a 5-2 loss. Once again it was a shaky start by the Centennials who fell behind early after Matt Dorsey skated […]
The Merritt Centennials finally found the win column in the preseason thanks to some shootout heroics from Daniel Tkac to vault them over the defending Champion Spruce Kings 4-3. Early on it was a feeling out process, but the Cents rode their red hot powerplay to a lead. Payton Matsui found a rebound in front […]
The Merritt Centennials open up their exhibition season against long time rival Penticton Vees tonight at the SOEC at 7pm. The game will be available to watch on HockeyTV. The Centennials will get their first taste of competition outside of their own team tonight after they played a very high paced, action packed intrasquad game […]
The Merritt Centennials came into game 3 looking to take the series lead, but instead got their goaltender chased in a 5-2 loss. For the first time in the series, there were no goals and no penalties after the first period of play. Early on it looked to be a goaltending duel with Austin Roden […]
