Trail, British Columbia (March 13, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce that defenceman Ethan Warrener (’03) has committed to the University of Alaska Anchorage for the 2024-25 season. Warrener is in his third season with the Trail Smoke Eaters and heads the leadership group as Captain. The Calgary, Alberta native has […]
The Smoke Eaters and Spruce Kings generated just five shots in the first period and scored five goals in the second, as Trail battled back from a pair of one-goal deficits to beat Prince George 5-2 at Cominco Arena. The floodgates opened at 3:45 of the middle frame when Spruce Kings defenseman Ben FeFranc’s shorthanded […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters are hoping home cooking this weekend will vault them into fourth place in the BCHL’s Interior Conference. The first of two home games goes Friday night against the Prince George Spruce Kings. The Smokies will try to ride the momentum of last weekend’s sweep of road games in West Kelowna against […]
It was a wild, wacky, weird, yet wonderful night in West Kelowna. The Smokies came back from a first period deficit of 3-1 and trailed 5-3 after two periods before posting a 6-5 win in overtime. Captain Ethan Warrener had the biggest night of his career. The defenseman opened the scoring on a power play […]
The Smoke Eaters take their road warriors act to West Kelowna. The Trail troupe will tangle with the Warriors Friday night, hoping to rebound from a heart wrenching 3-2 loss to Penticton. The Interior Conference leaders capped a three goal comeback on Sunday with a power play goal late in the third period in a […]
It was a solid road victory after a 4-1 Friday night win in Cranbrook. Trail carried the play for much of the first period, but didn’t hit the scoresheet until Lucas Lemieux sent a sneaky seeing-eye snapshot from along the boards, at the left point, into the short side of the net past Bucks goalie […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters are bus-bound for the land of the Bucks. The Friday night battle in Cranbrook is the eighth meeting in the season series between the BCHL’s Kootenay contingent. The Smokies want to rebound from last weekend’s back-to-back losses to Merritt, while the Bucks want to carry the momentum from Monday’s 9-1 mauling […]
The Trail Smoke Eater are excited to announce the signing of Cooper Moore. Cooper is a 2006-born right shot forward from Red Deer, Alberta. He is currently team captain and in his 2nd season with the U18 AAA Red Deer Chiefs. This season Cooper is currently 2nd in the AEHL U18 AAA in league scoring […]
The Centennials scored in the last minute in each of the first two periods, including a shorthanded goal on their way to a 5-1 win in Merritt to open a home-and-home series against the Trail Smoke Eaters on Friday night. The game also featured a goal that went under the Trail net as it was […]
The playoff series that isn’t a playoff series continues tonight in Merritt. The Smoke Eaters and Centennials meet for the third time in 13 nights to open a home-and-home series between the two Interior Conference rivals, pushing toward playoff preparedness. For the Smokies, it’s a chance to win a third straight game, while the Centennials […]
