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After leaving BCHL, Merritt Centennials join the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League

The City of Merritt was without a junior hockey team for less than five minutes. The Merritt Centennials, a storied franchise in the British Columbia Hockey League, announced on Mar. 31 that they will cease operations in that league at the end of the 2023-24 season. Within minutes of the […]

End of an era: Merritt Centennials leave BCHL after 51 seasons

BCHL Interior Conference by Brian Wiebe

The British Columbia Hockey League’s longest-continuously run franchise is no longer the Merritt Centennials. After 51 seasons in the BCHL’s smallest market, the Centennials declared they would not operate in the league during the 2024-25 season. In a media release, Centennials President Ken Carruthers noted that the team’s board of […]

BCHL Today: BCHL cancels 2021 playoffs, Cents reach deal with the City of Merritt, and more!

BCHL Bulletin Coastal Conference Interior Conference NHL by Brian Wiebe

BC Hockey League cancels 2021 playoffs BCHL announces season will end with no playoffs, plans for alternate set of pod awards RELEASE: https://t.co/o01WZO4emQ pic.twitter.com/pyIphhBihb — BCHL (@BCHockeyLeague) April 27, 2021 The BC Hockey League announced on Tuesday the cancellation of the 2021 Fred Page Cup playoffs due to COVID-19 […]