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 conclude their exhibition schedule at home hosting the defending BCHL champion Spruce Kings tonight. The Cents are coming off their best effort of the preseason, but it still wasn’t enough to top Prince George in Prince George. For the third game in a row the Cents opened the scoring, with Troy Quinn […]
The Centennials mustered the most offense they have in the post season, but it wasn’t enough against the defending champion Spruce Kings as Merritt fell 5-3. For the third game in a row the Centennials struck first. After going unsuccessful on the powerplay for the first two preseason games, the Cents finally managed to light […]
The Merritt Centennials get set to do battle with the reigning BCHL Champion Spruce Kings in exhibition action tonight. The Cents are coming off a pair of losses to the Penticton Vees over the weekend that was. The first match on Friday resulted in a 3-1 loss, and the rematch on Saturday was a 5-2 […]
The Centennials faced off against the Vees yet again, and once again it was the Vees who came out on top 5-2. Although there was no scoring in the early goings of the first period, the Cents did manage to ripple mesh first. At the 14:28 mark of the 1st, Sean Michalevich converted on a […]
The Cents started well, but faded down the stretch as the veteran heavy Vees pulled away late to make it a 3-1 final. The Merritt Centennials began their first exhibition game with a bang as Olson Werenka proved he’s more than just a guy who bangs bodies. He scored the Cents first goal of the […]
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 traded chances with the Prince George Spruce Kings all night, but in the end were a little unlucky, and got a taste of their own medicine as Prince George came back to win it in overtime 4-3. The first period echoed the first exhibition game against the Vernon Vipers, exceptional goaltending, exceptional […]
The Centennials have a chance to wrap their preseason schedule with an even 2-2 record if they can pull out a win against the Prince George Spruce Kings tonight. The two teams met on Wednesday up north in PG, and the game needed extra time to decide a winner. Vincent Duplessis was solid in his […]
The Merritt Centennials slowly found their legs after a long bus ride North to Prince George, and capitalized on a powerplay in overtime to capture their first win of the exhibition season. The first period started off slow for the Cents and they were heavily out shot. If not for some fine work from Vincent […]
