Photo Credit: Garrett James For the third time this season Nick Granowicz has been named an honorable mention in the BCHL’s Player of the Week. A native of Macomb, Michigan, Granowicz scored the game winning goal on the powerplay in Friday’s 4-3 thriller over the Vernon Vipers with 6 minutes to go in the third. […]
The Merritt Centennials and West Kelowna Warriors was chalked up to be a meeting of two of the top teams in the Interior Division, but only one of those teams came to play as the Centennials stomped the Warriors 8-3. The teams tested each other early in the first before the Centennials finally broke the […]
Photo Credit: Garrett James The Merritt Centennials (14-8-0-1) lock horns in a shootout for first place this afternoon against the West Kelowna Warriors (14-7-0-1). The Cents are coming off a 4-3 thriller against the Vernon Vipers on Friday night. The Cents never trailed in the game, but the Vipers were quick to tie things up […]
Photo Credit: Garrett James The Merritt Centennials waited until the third period to get the game winner for the second time in this four game homestand as they topped the Vipers 4-3 in regulation time. The Cents and Vipers started off slow in the first. Shots from distance were the order of the early goings, […]
Photo Credit: Garrett James The Merritt Centennials (13-8-0-1) welcome the Vernon Vipers (8-6-5-2) to town during Parent’s Weekend tonight. The Centennials are coming off a weekend split against the Penticton Vees and the Alberni Valley Bulldogs. They lost in their first trip to the penalty shootout against the Vees 4-3. Mathieu Gosselin, Rylan Van Unen […]
The Merritt Centennials have added another player to the roster: Payton Matsui. According to Head Coach and General Manager Joe Martin, Matsui is a player they’ve had their eye on for a while. “We recruited Payton back in the spring last year, and committed to him them, but being American we wanted to see where […]
For the first time since its website was launched in 2003, the BCHL has added an historical statistics page that shows some of the league’s all-time greats and their career records. The Centennials are represented in nearly ever category: Bryan Kang is 3rd in terms of career Games Played with 280, Frank Biller is 4th […]
The Merritt Centennials survived a thriller at the NVMA against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs to win 5-4. The Cents started slow in the first, but executed when they got their chances. Nick Granowicz opened the scoring 9:34 into the period on the heels of a powerplay, Brad Cocca drove wide on a wrap around and […]
The Merritt Centennials (12-8-0-1) look to bounce back tonight against the visiting Alberni Valley Bulldogs (7-11-1-0) at the NVMA to keep pace with the red hot West Kelowna Warriors for first in the Interior Division. The Cents are coming off their best performance of the season against Penticton, mind you the bar was set pretty […]
The Merritt Centennials accomplished a lot of firsts: their first lead after 20 minutes, their first lead after 40 minutes, but they’re still looking for their first win of the season against the Penticton Vees as 65 minutes solves nothing and the Cents fall in a shootout 4-3. The first period was a text book […]
