The All Star break is over and it’s back to business for the Trail Smoke Eater tonight in Spruce Grove. The Smokies want to rebound from a 1-and-4 start to the second half including recent back to back losses at home to West Kelowna and Cowichan Valley. And they will have to do it against […]
Another slow start came back to bite the Trail Smoke Eaters. The Coastal West Division leading Cowichan Valley Capital built a 3-0 lead in the first 13 minutes on their way to a 6-2 win at Cominco Arena. Smokies goalie Chayse Johnson endured a 21-shot barrage in the first period and made several important saves, […]
Take away the first 7:35 and it was an outstanding game for the Smoke Eaters. However, West Kelowna was leading 4-0 at that point and held on for a 5-4 win in front of a Cominco Arena crowd of 2,059. Caden Kemkaren-Humble opened the scoring at 2:59, scoring on a breakaway to end the game’s […]
It’s a showdown between the top two teams in the BCHL’s Interior West Division. The second place Trail Smoke Eaters host West Kelowna Friday night with a chance to trim the Warriors lead to two points. It’s the fourth game of the season series with the Warriors leading 2-1, including a 4-1 win in Trail […]
What a difference a day makes. The Smokies came out more focused and energized resulting in a 5-3 Cominco Arena conquest of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. It started with Erik Pastro’s proficient deflection. The tall centreman tipped a Christian Kim pass through his own legs and past Silverbacks goalie Mikkel Christenson just shy of the […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters six game home winning streak ended Friday night with a 5-2 setback against their Kootenay rival, the Cranbrook Bucks. The visitors struck early on a power play with Kaslo Ferner hitting the top corner after a cross-crease pass just past the two minute mark. The Smokies pushed back and came close […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters are looking to avenge Wednesday’s 7-4 loss in Cranbrook. They host the Bucks tonight, hoping the New Year’s Eve setback was an anomaly. The Smokies had only given up a total of eight goals over the previous five contests heading into the first game following the Christmas break. They had also […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters close out the pre-Christmas portion of their 2025-26 schedule at home tonight against the Okotoks Oilers. It’s the third game of the season series that started November 7 in Okotoks with the Oilers riding Brett Wilson’s hat trick to an 8-3 win and the Smokies rebounding with a 7-1 victory at […]
The Smokies rode a pair of late period surges to a 5-2 win over Brooks, much to the delight of the Cominco Arena crowd of 1,724. The highlight of a tightly played first period was Trail goalie Lyam Leblanc’s gargantuan glove save off Dimitris Dilevka. The 20-year-old puck stopper turned in a superlative 30 save […]
The Smokies host the Brooks Bandits tonight with a score to settle. The last time the defending BCHL Champions were in Trail on November 21, the visitors skated off with a 4-2 victory following a fast, emotional and physical 60 minutes of action. The Bandits opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal on a penalty […]
