Vipers Bite Cents On Counterattack

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Cents pushed the pace, and had great stretches throughout the game, but they fell victim to the counterattack against the Vernon Vipers and fell 3-2 in regulation. In the first period the Cents were outshooting the Vipers 6-1 when on the tail end of a powerplay, an ill-advised cross […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Vipers – Nov. 30

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials will look to shake off some road rust as they take on the Vernon Vipers tonight. The Cents are coming off a 3-1 loss in Prince George and their previous road trip was a long one to Trail where they fell 2-1 in overtime. Needless to say […]

Spruce Kings Crown Cents

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials dug themselves a hole that was too deep to escape from on Wednesday against the Spruce Kings as they fell behind by three after the opening frame, and lost 3-1. All the Spruce Kings offense came in the first period. It started with a goal line stuff […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Spruce Kings – Nov. 28

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials (18-9-1-1) have another long road trip to Prince George to take on the Spruce Kings (19-7-1-2). The Centennials are coming off a week where they went 1-0-1-0 for an overtime split against the Trail Smoke Eaters and the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Against the Smoke Eaters the Cents […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Silverbacks – Nov. 24

Photo Credit: Garrett James and Pure Life Photography The Merritt Centennials (17-9-1-1) won’t get much rest as they welcome the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (14-10-1-0) to the NVMA tonight. The Cents are coming off a 2-1 overtime loss to the Trail Smoke Eaters. The Smokies struck in the first period and held that lead until the […]

Cents Pick Up Point In Trail

Photo Credit: Garrett James & Mike Hockley The long road to Trail wasn’t for not as the Cents picked up a point, but they’ll wish for more after a controversial 2-1 loss in OT against the Smoke Eaters. On their first powerplay, on their first shot, the Smoke Eaters would get the first goal of […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Smoke Eaters – Nov. 23

Photo Credit: Garrett James and Mike Hockley The Merritt Centennials (17-9-0-1) take to the road to face the Trail Smoke Eaters (10-12-4-2) in a battle of division rivals tonight. The Cents are coming off a week where they went 2-1. The week kicked off with a 3-2 loss at home to the Wenatchee Wild – […]

Cents Light Up Smoke Eaters

The Merritt Centennials broke their slump on the powerplay, and broke through with a 4-2 win against the Trail Smoke Eaters. The first period started off slow, 3 minutes passed before the first shots were exchanged. After the slow start, the Cents slowly started to turn on the offense. After a stretch in the offensive […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Smoke Eaters – Nov. 17

The Merritt Centennials (16-9-0-1) welcome the Trail Smoke Eaters (10-10-4-2) to the NVMA for the first meeting of the season. The Centennials are coming off a bounce back 3-2 win over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks after falling earlier in the week to the Wenatchee Wild by the same score. The Cents got a gutsy performance […]

Cents Stun Salmon Arm Shorthanded

The Cents went into hostile territory and did what only they have done before by coming away with a 3-2 win against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The first period saw the Cents spend a lot of time early in their own zone, but on their first foray into the offensive end with some extended pressure […]