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’s time for the Smokies to enjoy some home cooking. They open a five game home stand tonight against the defending BCHL Champion Brooks Bandits and play seven of the final eight games before Christmas at Cominco Arena. Trail’s record is an outstanding 14-4 and even more astounding when you consider they have played 14 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A night of firsts paced the Trail Smoke Eaters to their record eighth straight road victory. Caden Stoltz and Matthias Pape scored their first BCHL goals and goalie Chayse Johnson recorded his first BCHL win as the Smokies stopped the Kings 5-2 in Powell River. In addition to throwing his 5′ 8″, 150-lb body into […]
“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 […]
