The BCHL has announced the rosters for the Canada vs. World Game as part of 2026 All-Star Weekend January 17 at Thompson Family Arena in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The rosters were decided after a vote between the 20 league head coaches. Cash Carter (Berrymoor, Alberta) has been selected to represent Team Canada and Christian Kim […]
It was a goaltenders duel to the end as the two top teams in the BCHL’s Interior West Division squared off in West Kelowna, with the keepers first and second stars. Warriors 20-year-old netminder Angelo Zol made a point blank buzzer beating stop off Cash Carter with the Smokies buzzing around the net to preserve […]
Former Viper Erik Pastro snapped out of a 12-game goalless drought with a vengeance. The 20-year-old Smokies centreman scored twice and assisted on another three goals as Trail tripped Vernon 6-5 in a wonderfully wild and wacky game in front of a Cominco Arena crowd of 2,098, with Pastro producing the game-winning goal into an […]
It was a battle to the end. Salmon Arm goalie Daniel Dirrocolo made a brilliant buzzer-beating save in the third period to preserve a 2-1 win over the Smokies, who came home from the two-game Shuswap doubleheader with a split. The final stop game came while the Smokies were swarming on the power play with […]
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 […]
The busy Smoke Eaters bus has reached its destination, but will soon get to rest. This weekend’s doubleheader in Salmon Arm will end a long and grueling gaggle of games away from Cominco Arena. After Saturday’s showdown in the Shuswap, the Trail troupe will have played 14 of its first 18 games of the 2025-26 […]
The Smokies went “all in” on a sensational Saturday night in Sherwood Park and “Cashed” in, coming home with a 3-2 win in overtime. Cash Carter’s prime time shot went post and in about seven minutes into the tie-breaking period to give Trail its fifth overtime victory and 13th win of the season. Although Carter […]
On the road again. The 12-2 Trail Smoke Eaters play their 11th game of the season away from Cominco Arena tonight in Okotoks against the Oilers. The Smokies rebounded from a 4-1 setback to Salmon Arm, which ended a five game winning streak, with a 5-2 clipping of Cranbrook. Christian Kim led the attack with […]
The streaking Smokies strike again! The Trail troupe increased its overall winning streak to five and have now won a team record nine straight road games following a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory in West Kelowna. That’s the good news. The bad news is starting goaltender Cooper Michaluk is out indefinitely with a lower body injury […]
The Smokies are back on top of the BCHL’s Interior West Division after a hard fought 2-1 win over Blackfalds. The Friday night affair at Cominco Arena turned into a tremendous goaltenders duel. Bulldogs netminder Carson Mertz made his most scintillating stops in the first period, including a cross-crease scramble to take a tap-in, power-play […]
