Sunday, May 29, 2011

Cents hire Martin in assistant coach's role

Press Release

The Merritt Centennials of the BC Hockey League are pleased to announce the hiring of Joe Martin as assistant coach and general manager for the next two seasons.

"Joe is exactly what we were looking for in an assistant coach," said Cents head coach and primary general manager Luke Pierce. "His familiarity with junior hockey in B.C., recruiting of players, and hockey knowledge will be an instant impact within the Merritt Centennials culture."

Martin has been the head coach and general manager of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Creston Valley Thundercats for the past four years and guided the team to one regular season division title, two first-round playoff series wins, moved ten players on to college, ten players on to Junior ‘A’ hockey and produced a regular season record of 112-68-3-2. He was also named Eddie Mountain Division Coach of the Year for 2010-11.

“I'm very happy to be joining the Centennials in their 39th year of operation in the BCHL. The last few years I've been watching the team’s progress under Luke Pierce and now to join the organization and work with Luke is an honour,” said Martin. “The Cents have a great reputation in junior hockey and after meeting some of the people I can see why. I look forward to making the move to Merritt permanently and working with the community on building a championship team."

(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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