After a vote was conducted with coaches and general managers from the 17 BCHL teams, the league has announced the initial rosters for the 2024 All-Star Tournament Jan. 20 in Penticton on the outdoor rink. Each team has one skater represented on the initial roster, plus an additional two goaltenders were voted in from each […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters were the last team to beat the Vees in Penticton and on Wednesday night, they hope to end the defending BCHL champ’s 50-game home ice win streak. Penticton hasn’t lost on home ice since game one of the 2022 playoffs on March 31st, when the Smokies scored a 5-3 win. The […]
Adam Parsons scored his 7th goal of the season with just 21-seconds left in overtime to give the Trail Smoke Eaters a well deserved 3-2 win over the second place Vipers in Vernon. It capped a determined 46-shot effort in the opener of a three game road swing that also featured a solid 200-foot defensive […]
With both coaches emphasizing defensive responsibility, it was the offenses that carried the night at Cominco Arena. The Smoke Eaters fired 54 shots on goal on their way to a 7-3 win over Cowichan Valley in front of just over 1,600 fans, including many parents of players. It would appear to be a great save […]
A season-high crowd was ready to rock the house at Cominco Arena and they did just that for about the first 25 minutes of playing time. Mathieu Cobetto-Roy showed some magic with back-to-back first period goals to secure the Smoke Eaters to a 2-1 lead. After a sick snipe from the right-wing circle on a […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters battled to the bitter end before ending a coastal road trip with three games in as many nights with a 4-2 loss in Surrey. The Eagles, who had been resting since Friday night, jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Aaron Schwartz at 6:46 and Nathan Oickle […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters open a three-game weekend road trip tonight in Powell River. The Smokies hope to pick up where they left off from last Saturday’s dominant 7-3 win over Prince George. Ridge Dawson led the attack with two goals, while ‘the Adams’: Barone, Parsons and Marshall each had a goal and two assists, […]
It will be Friday night hockey from Western Financial Place in Cranbrook as the Smoke Eaters and Bucks open a home-and-home series, which wraps up Saturday at Cominco Arena. Trail hasn’t topped its Kootenay rival since the 2021-22 campaign as the Bucks prevailed in all seven regular season meetings last season. They also won the […]
Interesting, bizarre, frustrating and dominant. There are probably many more words to describe Friday’s 4-2 Smoke Eaters win over the visiting Merritt Centennials. Trail dominated the first two periods, outshooting the visitors who were riding a three-game winning streak 33-10 over the first forty minutes, but only two shots got past Centennials netminder, Karlis Mezsargs. Jason […]
And so it begins. The Trail Smoke Eaters open the 2023-24 regular season against their Kootenay rival, the Cranbrook Bucks tonight at Cominco Arena. They met twice during the preseason with the Bucks winning 6-4 in Trail and 4-3 back home in last Saturday’s preseason finale for both teams, which saw Cranbrook come […]
