The newly created British Columbia Hockey Conference (BCHC) has announced their 2026-27 regular season schedule and the Merritt Centennials are in the thick of things with two big matchups on opening weekend. The newly formed league made up of 22 teams including 14 from the former Kootenay International Hockey League (...

The Merritt Centennials will have a new bench boss, when the British Columbia Hockey Conference begins play this fall, following the hiring of former Nanaimo Clippers assistant head coach Henry Acres this week. Earlier on Friday, Q101 reported that several billets had reached out to us, telling us they had received not...

Q101 is following a developing story surrounding the Merritt Centennials. Reports have surfaced from several billets that Head Coach and assistant General Manager Wes McLeod and the franchise have parted ways. Q101 has reached out to Merritt Centennials President and General Manager Brad Anstey about the reports, who s...

BC Hockey announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a membership application from the British Columbia Hockey Conference to become the province's sanctioned Junior A league. As a result of this decision, a total of 22 teams - including 14 current KIJHL members including the Merritt Centennial...

Former Merritt Centennials goaltender Johnny Hicks and his Denver Pioneers are NCAA Men's Hockey Champions after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers 2-1 in Saturday's (April 11) final. Denver was backstopped by Kamloops product Johnny Hicks, who made 29 saves in the victory. The 20-year-old netminder stopped 78 of 82 shot...