Former Cents goaltender Tyler Steel has signed with the Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League for the 2016-17 season. Steel, 23, completed a three year NCAA career in 2015-16. In three seasons with Brown University, the Vernon product had a 10-24-3 record with a 3.44 goals-against-average and an .894 save percentage in […]
The Merritt Centennials announced on Tuesday the signing of forward Ethan Skinner for the 2016-17 season. Skinner comes to the Cents from the Elmira Sugar Kings of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. In 49 games with the Sugar Kings last season, the 18-year-old had 24 goals and 60 assists for 84 points. He was […]
The Merritt Centennials announced on Wednesday the signing of forward Tyler Pietrowski for the 2016-17 season. Pietrowski comes to the Cents from the Philadelphia Little Flyers of the Eastern Hockey League. In 39 games with the Little Flyers last season, the 20-year-old had 27 goals and 26 assists for 53 points in 39 games played. […]
The Merritt Centennials announced today that goaltender Cole Kehler’s Western Hockey League rights have been traded from the Kamloops Blazers to the Portland Winterhawks for a seventh round pick in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft. The 18-year-old from Altona, Manitoba joined the Cents near the end of September 2015 and played 43 games during the […]
With all 30 NHL teams having started their summer development camps, a look through the invitees reveals a lot of BCHL-bred talent. A total of 54 league alums have been or are being put through their paces right now as they try to stick on a team’s radar for the future. Most of the players […]
Former Cents defenseman Brandon Pfeil has signed with Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák of the MOL Liga for the 2016-17 season. Pfeil, 24, completed his four year NCAA career in 2015-16. In four seasons with Brown University, the West Vancouver product had five goals and 31 assists for 36 points in 116 games. Prior to joining the Bears, Pfeil […]
The Hockey East conference has announced its All-Academic Team for the 2015-16 season and 21 BCHL alums made the grade. Players needed to achieve a grade-point average of 3.0 or better on the 4.0 scale in each of the previous two semesters to earn the recognition. Jace Hennig, who played for Coquitlam and Prince George […]
Former Cents goaltender Jonah Imoo has been invited to the 2016 Los Angeles Kings Summer Development Camp, which starts Monday, July 4 at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California. Imoo appeared in 32 games for the Centennials in 2014-15, his lone season in Merritt. He finished with a 19-13-0 record, one shutout, a […]
The Merritt Centennials are pleased to announce that forward Brandon Duhaime, who played the 2014-15 season in Merritt, was selected in the 4th round, 106th overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. The Parkland, Florida native had six goals and 19 assists for 25 points during his lone BCHL season, was […]
The Merritt Centennials announced Wednesday that 20-year-old defenseman Malik Kaila has been traded to the Coquitlam Express for future considerations. “This trade was a hard one for me. Malik was our captain last year and has been a great Centennials player during his career,” said Cents GM and Head Coach Joe Martin. “However, we had […]
