Game Preview: Cents Vs Kings – Dec. 15

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials (21-12-1-1 3rd Int) look to rebound at home against the Powell River Kings (20-13-1-0 2nd Isl) tonight. The Centennials are coming off a tough loss in West Kelowna where they ran into a hot goalkeeper. Connor Hopkins stopped 48/51 shots, and only buckled in the 3rd period, […]

Cents Force A Tie, Warriors Forge Ahead

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography & Snap Commercial Photography The Merritt Centennials had difficulty getting the puck past a strong goaltender, and the Warriors made their special teams count to take their first of the season series 6-3. In the first period, the Centennials and Warriors traded chances, but no one could find the back […]

Game Preview: Cents @ Warriors – Dec. 14

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography and Snap Commercial Photography The Merritt Centennials (21-11-1-1) lock swords with the West Kelowna Warriors (20-14-0-1) for the second time in a week. The Centennials are coming off a great weekend that started with a win against the Warriors 5-4, and continued with success against the Nanaimo Clippers with a […]

Cocca Commits

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials are proud to announce that forward Bradley Cocca has committed to Brown University for the 2019-20 season. A native of Mississauga, Ontario, Cocca is having a banner year for himself in the junior hockey ranks. He’s played in the OJHL and the USHL, but really started to […]

Centennials On Santa’s Nice List

The Merritt Centennials have been busy ahead of the holiday season, and have put themselves in Santa’s good books. During the month of November, the Cents ran a Movember campaign with the help of Mellah Leuca Day Spa. Instead of the usual mustache growth, the Cents opted to go a different route putting their leg […]

Wicks Heating Up At Right Time

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The BCHL announced their Player of the Week today, and once again a Centennials player was among the honorable mentions. Captain Nick Wicks is starting to heat up offensively after a week that saw the Cents go 1-2, but Wicks pick up points in all three contests including a natural […]

Clippers Crash Against Cents

The Teddy Bear’s were tossed early, and the Cents didn’t look back as they continued the Clippers woes with a 5-1 victory at the NVMA. The teams traded chances in the first before a goal mouth scramble saw the puck come to Christian Sabin who unleashed the teddy rain with a shot past Landon Pavlisin […]

Teddy Bear Toss Preview: Cents Vs Clippers – Dec. 8

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials (20-11-1-1) welcome the Nanaimo Clippers (12-17) to the NVMA tonight. The Cents are coming off a gutsy win in West Kelowna where they got off to a great start, had a difficult second period, but then came back with a vengeance in the third to win it. […]

Cents Slay Warriors In 3rd

The Merritt Centennials continued their perfect output against the West Kelowna Warriors, but this time in the Warriors barn, by a score of 5-4. It started off early for the Cents who converted just under two minutes into the game. Matt Kopperud deflected a Mattias Dal Monte point shot past Brock Baier to make it […]

Game Preview: Cents Vs Warriors – Dec. 7

Photo Credit: Garrett James Photography The Merritt Centennials (19-11-1-1) will hope to right their road woes on the short journey to play the West Kelowna Warriors (18-13-0-1) tonight. The Cents are coming off a week where they went 1-2 with games against the Prince George Spruce Kings, the Vernon Vipers, and the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. […]