It’s back to Cominco Arena for some holiday hockey this afternoon between the Smoke Eaters and West Kelowna Warriors. The Smokies are coming off Saturday’s 5-3 come from behind win in Cranbrook, a game in which they battled through the adversity of a disputed goal that put them behind 2-0 after one period. The first […]

A fast and furious start staked the Smokies to a 4-2 silencing of Salmon Arm to open a two-game Shuswap doubleheader. Trail’s hottest trio took matters into their own hands early. Christian Kim spun a great centreing pass from behind the Silverbacks net to Cash Carter who crammed in his team-leading 8th goal of the […]

Trail, British Columbia (June 18, 2025) — The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce the signing of three players from the team’s recent Trail & Seattle ID camps. BRAYDEN ROTACH Rotach is a 2007-born left shot forward from Castlegar, BC and played last season with the Castlegar Rebels in the KIJHL. In 30 games […]

“The kids are alright”. In addition to a song by The Who, that’s what was learned about the Trail Smoke Eaters prospects who played in Friday night’s 8-0 victory in Vernon. Defenseman Finn De St. Hubert opened the scoring at the four minute mark with a one-time blast into the opposite top corner of the […]

Trail, British Columbia (July 5, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce the signing of Brayden Rotach (’07). Rotach is a 5’11”, 165-pound left shot forward from Castlegar, BC and played last season with the Okanagan Rockets U18 AAA program in the BCEHL. In 36 games this past season, Brayden scored 17 […]