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Cents Honor Barrett With Win

The Merritt Centennials achieved something they hadn’t done since November 23rd of 2019 – pick up a win on home ice, and it came against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks 4-2 on a night where they honored Brian Barrett, Merritt’s Mr. Hockey. The first period didn’t have any goals, but it had some solid physicality with […]

Game Day Preview: Cents Vs Silverbacks – Feb 15

The Merritt Centennials (11-38-1-3) take on division rival Salmon Arm Silverbacks (28-20-4-1) tonight. The Centennials are coming off a tough loss to the Coquitlam Express that saw their playoff hopes dashed. The Centennials opened the scoring with a goal from Daniel Tkac after Rylan Van Unen stripped his man at the blueline and kept the […]

Cents Fall Out Of Playoff Contention With Loss To Express

The Merritt Centennials saw their playoff hopes dashed on Tuesday night against the BCHL’s best in the Coquitlam Express, falling by a score of 9-2. The Cents opened the scoring just 1:10 into the game after Rylan Van Unen picked a pocket at the blueline, danced in and rang a shot off the post that […]

Game Day Preview: Cents Vs Express – Feb 11

The Merritt Centennials (11-37-1-3) welcome the BCHL’s best in the Coquitlam Express (42-8-1-1) tonight. The Cents are coming in with a head of steam after their first win of 2020 against the Prince George Spruce Kings. Early on the Cents were in tough as they came in with just 4 defenseman, and Brophy Dunne dropped […]

Short Manned Cents Cut Down Spruce Kings

The Merritt Centennials came into the game short 2 D-men, but they came out with their first victory of 2020 against the Prince George Spruce Kings 5-2. After a first period that saw the teams trade a pair of chances on the powerplay, it was Haydn Delorme of the Spruce Kings who broke the deadlock […]

Game Day Preview: Cents @ Spruce Kings – Feb 7th

The Merritt Centennials (10-37-1-3) look to bump the slump against the Prince George Spruce Kings (17-28-2-4) tonight. The Centennials are coming off a game where they had destiny in their hands. After a slow start to a Tuesday night affair, the Cents drew two penalties in quick succession and were able to make the Vipers […]

Vipers Strike Back Against Cents

The Merritt Centennials started out strong, but the Vernon Vipers awoke and didn’t look back as they scored 5 unanswered en route to a 6-3 Cents loss. The Tuesday night affair started out a little on the sleepy side as neither team found much purchase through the first 10 minutes. It wasn’t until a pair […]

Game Day Preview: Cents Vs Vipers – Feb 4

The Merritt Centennials (10-36-1-3) take on the last team they picked up points against on home ice against the Vernon Vipers (26-21-2-1) tonight. The Centennials are still in search of their first win of 2020 despite some solid efforts over the last week. The Cents fell in a tight defeat to the Chilliwack Chiefs 6-4 […]

New Alignment Coming For 2020 Season

When the BCHL announced earlier this season that the Cranbrook Bucks would be entering the league next season as the 18th franchise, realignment was almost a foregone conclusion. The question was how. The BCHL has announced that starting next year, the league will be split into two conferences comprised of 9 teams each. The Merritt […]

Game Day Preview: Cents Vs Silverbacks – Feb 1

The Merritt Centennials (10-35-1-3) complete a weekend home and home series against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (25-20-3-1) tonight. The Cents and ‘Backs renewed acquaintances for the first time since early November last night with Salmon Arm skating away to a 6-2 victory. The game started well for Merritt who got an early shorthanded marker from […]