Cents Celebrate Stellar Regular Season

The Merritt Centennials, fans, staff, volunteers, and supporters gathered on Sunday night to salute the Centennials record year. While the Cents were unable to capture 1st place in the Interior division, their .675 win percentage and 35 wins on the season were the most the town has seen in over 30 years. Below is a […]

Cents Finish With 5 In A Row

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 […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Vipers – Ty Pozzobon Night

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 […]

Division Dream Lives Another Day

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 […]

Martin Finalist For Coach Of The Year

For the first time in his career Head Coach Joe Martin has been nominated for the BCHL’s Coach of the Year. Martin took over as head coach of the Cents in 2015-16 and has steadily lead the team to point totals of 50 or higher. His previous high water mark was a 23-25-2-8 season in […]

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 […]

Top Line Wins War

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 […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Warriors – Feb. 19

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 […]

Trail Lead Goes Up In Smoke

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 […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Trail – Feb. 16th

The Merritt Centennials (42-15-4-3) get set for another Interior Division Showdown against the Trail Smoke Eaters (22-23-7-3) tonight. The Centennials are riding high after picking up their first win against the Penticton Vees in nearly two years last night. The Cents got a first period goal from Daniel Tkac after he stripped a defender and […]