The Merritt Centennials are excited to announce that defenseman Liam Visram has committed to the Portage College Voyageurs of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference for next season. Visram was a stalwart on the Centennials blueline throughout the abbreviated pod season. In a third of his overall BCHL career, Visram was able to contribute more offense […]
The Merritt Centennials have acquired defender Liam Visram (00) from the Nanaimo Clippers in exchange for future considerations. A Langley native, Visram thinks defense first on the back-end. Spending the season with a deep Clippers team last year Visram got into 41 games and supplied 1 assist on the campaign, but is known more for […]
The Merritt Centennials have traded forward Evan Benwell (00) to the Whitby Fury of the OJHL in exchange for future considerations. The Ontario native returns to his home province for his last season of Junior A. With Merritt last season Benwell put up 9 goals and 9 assists in 28 games after being acquired from […]
Photo Credit: Garrett James The Merritt Centennials continue to complete trades from the January deadline, but in this case they’ve made an additional move. The Centennials received forward Tyler Schleppe (01) from the Coquitlam Express as future considerations of the deal that saw defender Joey Berkopec (99) depart from the Cents. In addition, the Cents […]
The Cents fell in their final game of the island swing by a score of 7-0 against the Nanaimo Clippers. The team battled hard in the early goings and didn’t show much rust from the road. Naylor stood tall for the Clippers and the lone goal came on a breakaway for Josh Bourne. Ryan Winter […]
The Merritt Centennials (9-20-1-3) take on the Island division leading Nanaimo Clippers (22-10-1-2) this afternoon. The Merritt Centennials are coming off another gutsy effort where they were in the drivers seat heading to the final seconds of the game when the Capitals tied it, and then won it in the shootout 3-2. The first period […]
The Merritt Centennials would like to announce that they’ve acquired Evan Benwell (00)and future considerations from the Nanaimo Clippers in exchange for Josh Kagan (00). Benwell, a product of Toronto, comes to the Cents after getting into just 3 games for the Nanaimo Clippers this season and 3 games for the Notre Dame Hounds of […]
The Merritt Centennials had another great effort in front of their home fans in the Nicola Valley, but were unable to halt the Nanaimo Clippers who persevered 4-3. The first period saw the Centennials start out with a bang as it was Payton Matsui who banged home a bounce in front to make it 1-0 […]
The Merritt Centennials (2-8) look to snap their 3 game losing skid tonight against the visiting Nanaimo Clippers (7-3-0-1). The Cents are coming off a late start to last nights game after bus trouble kept them stranded in Merritt until 5pm, but they eventually hit the road and made it in time to face the […]
It was two steps forward – one step back for the Merritt Centennials but they survived a see-saw battle against the Nanaimo Clippers 5-3. The first period was an absolute snoozer on both sides of the puck, with both teams getting an opportunity on the powerplay and being unable to convert. Shots after 1 were […]
