PHOTO: Brandon Anderson/USHL Images One of the most highly touted free agents to recruit this summer came in the way of forward Philippe Lapointe, who became available after the United States Hockey League’s Central Illinois Flying Aces folded. There were many suitors for the 5’11”, 194-pound two-way forward and some of the biggest reasons the […]
PHOTO: Garrett James/BCHL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 6th, 2019 TRAIL, B.C. – The Trail Smoke Eaters Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to announce the team has acquired forward Corey Clifton (’99) from the Surrey Eagles in exchange for defenseman Jimmy Darby (’01). Clifton, 20, spent the 2018/19 season with the Eagles, collecting 7 goals […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters would like to express sincere condolences to the family and friends of Hugh (Pinoke) McIntyre, who passed away on May 2nd, 2019. Pinoke was a member of the 1961 Smoke Eaters that brought a second World Championship to Trail and was an active member of our local hockey community over the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 6th, 2019 TRAIL, B.C. – The Trail Smoke Eaters Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to announce forward Philippe Lapointe (’00) has committed to the team for the 2019/20 season and has also been named as the team’s Captain for the upcoming campaign. Lapointe, 19, makes his way to the West […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 5th, 2019 TRAIL, B.C. – The Trail Smoke Eaters Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to announce forward Braden Costello (’00) has committed to the team for the 2019/20 season. Costello, 19, joins the Smoke Eaters after spending parts of the last three seasons in the United States Hockey League (USHL) […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 4th, 2019 TRAIL, B.C. – The Trail Smoke Eaters Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to announce forward Connor Sweeney (’00) has committed to the team for the 2019/20 season. Sweeney, 18, comes to Trail after playing with the Lawrence Academy Spartans for the past two seasons, amassing 16 goals and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 2nd, 2019 TRAIL, B.C. – The Trail Smoke Eaters are pleased to announce that former forward Craig Martin (’95) has signed with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL), the affiliate of the NHL’s Florida Panthers. Martin, 24, is coming off of four strong seasons at Quinnipiac University, boasting […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 25th, 2019 VERNON, B.C. – The Trail Smoke Eaters dropped Game #7 of their best-of-seven Interior Division Semi Final against the Vernon Vipers by a 5-2 score on Monday night at Kal Tire Place and saw their 2018/19 season come to a close. The Vipers started the game as good as […]
PHOTO: Mike Hockley The Trail Smoke Eaters have a chance to punch their ticket to the Interior Division Final as they face-off against the Vernon Vipers in Game #7 of the Interior Division Semi Final on Monday night at Kal Tire Place. LISTEN WATCH Smoke Eaters vs. Vipers 2018/19 Regular Season Schedule: Saturday, September 15th @ […]
PHOTO: Mike Hockley FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 23rd, 2019 TRAIL, B.C. – The Trail Smoke Eaters used a 46-save performance from Adam Marcoux and two goals from Mack Byers to stave off elimination and force a Game #7 after a 5-2 victory in Game #6 at the Trail Memorial Centre on Saturday night. The opening […]
