It’s not do or die for the Trail Smoke Eaters tonight in Salmon Arm, but pretty close. They trail the Silverbacks 2-0 in their best-of-seven BCHL opening round playoff series with the next two games on the road. The Smokies battled back from a 2-0 deficit early in the second period on Saturday to tie […]
For a second straight night, a closely contested, fast-paced, hard-fought, prototypical playoff game came down to a single shot. Keifer Miller scored on a rebound at 3:58 of overtime to give Salmon Arm a 3-2 win over the Smokies and a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven BCHL opening round playoff series. It was Miller’s second […]
It’s playoff time! The Smokies host Salmon Arm in tonight’s opener of their best-of-seven BCHL opening round series. The season series and comparable statistics suggest it will be close. Trail won the head-to-head showdown 4-3, with the opening win coming in a shootout. Christian Kim had four goals and four assists versus the Silverbacks and […]
Cooper Michaluk was brilliant. He was one stop away from duplicating his monumental feat of October 4 in Brooks when he backstopped Trail to an overtime win over the Bandits. A perfectly placed shot by Jack Good at 6:41 of the extra period gave the Bandits a 1-0 win over the Smokies who turned in […]
The All Star break is over and it’s back to business for the Trail Smoke Eater tonight in Spruce Grove. The Smokies want to rebound from a 1-and-4 start to the second half including recent back to back losses at home to West Kelowna and Cowichan Valley. And they will have to do it against […]
Take away the first 7:35 and it was an outstanding game for the Smoke Eaters. However, West Kelowna was leading 4-0 at that point and held on for a 5-4 win in front of a Cominco Arena crowd of 2,059. Caden Kemkaren-Humble opened the scoring at 2:59, scoring on a breakaway to end the game’s […]
It’s a showdown between the top two teams in the BCHL’s Interior West Division. The second place Trail Smoke Eaters host West Kelowna Friday night with a chance to trim the Warriors lead to two points. It’s the fourth game of the season series with the Warriors leading 2-1, including a 4-1 win in Trail […]
What a difference a day makes. The Smokies came out more focused and energized resulting in a 5-3 Cominco Arena conquest of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. It started with Erik Pastro’s proficient deflection. The tall centreman tipped a Christian Kim pass through his own legs and past Silverbacks goalie Mikkel Christenson just shy of the […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters are looking to avenge Wednesday’s 7-4 loss in Cranbrook. They host the Bucks tonight, hoping the New Year’s Eve setback was an anomaly. The Smokies had only given up a total of eight goals over the previous five contests heading into the first game following the Christmas break. They had also […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters close out the pre-Christmas portion of their 2025-26 schedule at home tonight against the Okotoks Oilers. It’s the third game of the season series that started November 7 in Okotoks with the Oilers riding Brett Wilson’s hat trick to an 8-3 win and the Smokies rebounding with a 7-1 victory at […]
