The Merritt Centennials look to even the series at 2-2 after tonight’s game with the Trail Smoke Eaters. The Cents showed some resilience in Game 3, but were unable to answer the bell quick enough in a game that quickly unraveled from a scoreless draw to a rout. The first period was a tentative feeling […]
The Merritt Centennials look to continue to defend home ice in game 2 of the BCHL playoffs against the Trail Smoke Eaters tonight. Last night the Cents were able to use the strengths of their game to their advantage: their speed, skill and depth up front were difference makers, and with the slate being wiped […]
The playoff schedule is set as the Merritt Centennials (2nd Int) face off with the Trail Smoke Eaters (7th Int). Game 1: Friday March 1 – Merritt, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena Game 2: Saturday March 2 – Merritt, Nicola Valley Memorial Arena Game 3: Tuesday March 5 – Trail, Trail Memorial Centre Game 4: Wednesday […]
The Merritt Centennials may not have finished at the top of the division, but they brought the fans to their feet in a thrilling OT victory 4-3 over the Vernon Vipers. The first period started off all Merritt, but by the end they had nothing to show for it. Despite out shooting the Vipers 17-7 […]
The Merritt Centennials (35-15-4-3) will sport their new 3rd jerseys tonight against the Vernon Vipers (26-21-7-3). The Cents are coming off a gutsy win in Langley to keep their hopes of finishing first in the division alive. The Rivermen scored on the powerplay before Frazer Dodd poked in a Joey Berkopec shot from centre that […]
The Merritt Centennials pulled off a gutsy win to keep their dreams of a first place finish alive with a 3-2 win over the Langley Rivermen. The Cents had to kill off 3 penalties in the first ten minutes, and succeeded on the first 2 but couldn’t kill off the third as Daneel Lategan scored […]
The Merritt Centennials (34-15-4-3) square off with the Mainland’s Langley Rivermen (26-26-2-1) tonight. The Cents are coming off a tidy win against the West Kelowna Warriors. They gained the lead just 43 seconds in thanks to some work in front by Mathieu Gosselin and Nick Granowicz. Granowicz was able to find the rebound off a […]
The Merritt Centennials got a dominant display from their top line en route to a 4-1 win against the West Kelowna Warriors. The game had just begun when Nick Granowicz found a rebound to the side of the net off a Mathieu Gosselin try and banged it home for his 32nd goal of the season […]
The Merritt Centennials (33-15-4-3) lock horns with another Interior Division foe, the West Kelowna Warriors (27-27-0-1) tonight. The Cents are coming off a weekend where they went 2 for 2 against two Interior Division teams. First up were arch-rival Penticton, and for the first time in nearly 2 years the Cents marched into Penticton and […]
The Merritt Centennials survived an up and down game, but came out on top in the end against the Trail Smoke Eaters 6-4. The first period started with the Smokies converting on the powerplay on a long shot from Trevor Zins through the crowd. Brendan Schneider tied it up with a deflection of a Mike […]
