Game Preview: Cents @ Rivermen – Feb. 22

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 […]

Rode Closed

The Merritt Centennials got a 40 save performance and plenty of offense to return to the win column on Wednesday night against the Express 5-0. The powerplay has been a bit of a question mark all season long, but it had answers early in the goings of the first. Matt Kopperud clapped a one-timer from […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Express – Feb. 6

The 2nd in the Interior Division Merritt Centennials (28-14-4-3) take on the Mainland’s 3rd place Coquitlam Express (25-21-2-2) tonight. The Centennials are coming off a light week of action with just 2 games, but are heading into their heaviest of the season with 4 games in 5 nights this week. The Cents were unable to […]

Cents Beat Rough Stuff Against Rivermen

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials had to survive an onslaught of physical play for the Langley Rivermen, but in the end they persevered by a score of 4-1. The game started with some innocent chirping, but it quickly disintegrated into a penalty parade. Despite that only 4 penalties were handed out in […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Rivermen – Jan. 27

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The 2nd in the Interior Merritt Centennials (27-13-4-2) take on the 4th in the Mainland Langley Rivermen (24-21-1-0) this afternoon. The Cents are coming off another trip to overtime, and another loss in overtime. After starting out 2019 with 3 straight overtime wins, the tide has turned against the Cents […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Chiefs – Jan. 25

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The 2nd in the Interior Merritt Centennials (27-13-3-2) head down to the Fraser Valley to take on the BCHL leading Chilliwack Chiefs (32-12-1-0). The Cents are coming off their first game in 2019 that didn’t require overtime. On the road in Wenatchee, the Cents mustered their best 1st period of […]

Late Lead Doesn’t Last

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials have gone the distance in every game played in 2019, but no longer liking the results as the Chilliwack Chiefs scored in OT to win 4-3. The Cents shuffled the bottom six to start the game, and it paid dividends early. Daniel Tkac caused a turnover in […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Chiefs – Jan. 17

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials (26-14-1-1) face the BCHL leading Chilliwack Chiefs (29-11-1-0) tonight. The Cents are coming off a week that saw the trend of going to overtime continue, but they couldn’t collect the full 4 points settling for 3 of 4. Last Wednesday the Cents travelled to Coquitlam for a […]

Cents Stun Express In Extra Time

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials continued the trend in the new year of going to OT and winning, this time against the Coquitlam Express 5-4. The first period started with the Express jumping out to a 2-0 lead on goals from Danny Pearson and Chase Danol. The Cents would cut the lead […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Express – Jan. 9

The Merritt Centennials (25-13-1-1) have a mid-week date with the Mainland Division’s Coquitlam Express (20-17-1-0) tonight. The Cents are coming off a thrilling weekend that saw them pick up two wins in two games that went to extra time. The Cents were able to topple the BCHL best Prince George Spruce Kings on Friday night […]