FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kent Johnson Named CJHL Top Forward Trail, British Columbia (April 24th, 2020) – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced today that Smoke Eater forward Kent Johnson, who was named BCHL MVP, Top Scorer and Most Sportsmanlike, has received the Top Forward award from the CJHL. In his second season with the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Colella Commits to Northern Michigan Wildcats for 2020/21. Trail, British Columbia (April 1st, 2020) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are excited to announce the commitment of #13 Michael Colella to Northern Michigan University to play division 1 hockey next season. After a season in the USHL in 2018/19 where he totaled 23 […]

Trail Smoke Eaters forward Chase Dafoe has been named the Subway BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 23. Dafoe had six goals in three games last week, more than doubling his previous total of five coming into the week. On Monday afternoon, the 17-year-old scored once on the man advantage, which […]

Today, the BC Hockey League announced the finalists for five of the major awards for the 2019-20 season. After a round of voting from the BCHL coaches, a finalist from each division was determined for the Vern Dye Memorial Trophy for the league’s Most Valuable Player, the Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the […]

Each month the Smoke Eaters will highlight a former Smoke Eater and update you on where they are now. This month, Trail native, Steve McCarthy. Smoke Eaters Career: Played 1996-97 – 57 Games played – 25 Goals and 52 Assists. McCarthy holds the single season franchise record for most goals, assists and points by a […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Smoke Eaters Commit to Feaver, Willoughby and Moger for 2020/21 season. Trail, British Columbia (February 5th, 2020) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce their first set of commitments for the 2020/21 season with forward Zack Feaver and defencemen Ethan Willoughby and Cameron Moger now members of the Trail Smoke […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trail, British Columbia (November 8th, 2019) – Trail Smoke Eaters F Kent Johnson has been named the FortisBC BCHL Player of the Month for the month of October. In 11 games in October, Johnson scored 11 times and added another 15 assists for 26 points, leading Trail to a 9-0-2 record in […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johnson named BCHL Player of the Week Trail, British Columbia (September 24th, 2019) – The BC Hockey League announced Monday that Smoke Eaters forward Kent Johnson was named BCHL Player of the Week following a ten-point performance over a four game week. Johnson who had only one goal through his opening four […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ozar commits to the University of Denver Trail, British Columbia (September 5th, 2019) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce that Owen Ozar has committed to the University of Denver’s Div. 1 team for the 2021-22 season. The Prince Albert, Saskatchewan native is going into his second season in Trail, […]