FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 4, 2021 – MERRITT, BC The Merritt Centennials are proud to announce Dave Chyzowski as the team’s new Head Coach and General Manager. The Centennials Board of Directors have approved a 2 year deal with a 3rd year option for Chyzowski who will bring a full tool kit from pro […]

The Merritt Centennials are excited to announce the addition of forward Brodi Stuart (00) to the team’s roster on loan from the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Stuart is a veteran of 204 games over 3 WHL campaigns and has consistently put up numbers that have him hovering just over the half-point-per-game […]

The Merritt Centennials are excited to announce that they’ve committed to forward Dylan Sydor (03) of the Thompson Blazers for the upcoming season. A Kamloops local, Sydor impressed throughout the Cents Fall Evaluation Camp and earned himself a spot on the team. Last year with the Thompson Blazers U18 AAA program Sydor was nearly a […]

The Merritt Centennials have acquired Jerzy Orchard (01) from the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL. Orchard joins the Cents once again after his first stint with the team resulted in a bus ride down to Coquitlam, but he never would dress for the game.  Orchard’s WHL rights were dealt from the Kamloops Blazers to the […]

The Merritt Centennials are proud to announce the signings of Tyson Galloway (03) and Jerzy Orchard (01) as they have been released from their respective WHL teams. Both players were the victims of the numbers game on their respective teams. Galloway is a prospect with the Calgary Hitmen and the young 16 year old was […]

The Merritt Centennials announced today that goaltender Cole Kehler’s Western Hockey League rights have been traded from the Kamloops Blazers to the Portland Winterhawks for a seventh round pick in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft. The 18-year-old from Altona, Manitoba joined the Cents near the end of September 2015 and played 43 games during the […]