Barry Zanier joins the Trail Smoke Eaters Coaching Staff for his 6th season. Barry's primary responsibilities with the Smoke Eaters are to work with the defensemen during practice, and to run the back-end during games.

Barry has had involvement with the Trail Minor Hockey Program - working with Pee-Wee and Bantam aged players prior to joining the Smoke Eaters. In addition, he served as Player/Coach with the Senior Smoke Eaters in the mid 1980's.

In his playing days, Barry was a prominent member of the Smoke Eaters and Senior Smoke Eaters. Sandwiched in between his career in Trail, Barry was a member of the UBC Varsity Thunderbirds where he played and earned his Bachelor Degree in Education.

Barry teaches Elementary School in Rossland, where he has lived for over 20 years with his wife Aileen. They have 3 daughters - Taryn, Kailyn and Kolby.