Trail, British Columbia (December 7, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters sniped six second period goals on their way to an 11-0 beating of the beleaguered Bulldogs in Blackfalds. Evan Sundar broke out of a 12-game scoring drought with three goals and added two assists to lead the Trail attack. Sundar’s centreman Judah Makway was […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters with newly shuffled forward lines and defense pairings due to injuries and the departure of 20-year-old winger Attila Lippai, battled through the adversity to beat the West Kelowna Warriors 4-1, delighting fans and family on hand for game one of Parents Weekend. The Cominco Arena crowd of 1,532 saw the teams […]
The Smoke Eaters play their final two home games of November, this weekend, beginning with tonight’s tilt against the West Kelowna Warriors. The Smokies will work to bounce back from Monday’s 7-3 setback in Penticton, while the Warriors are coming off a 3-2 overtime loss last Saturday in Okotoks. This is already the fourth meeting […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters go for their third straight win tonight when they host the overall leaders of the BCHL. The Brooks Bandits, one of the five additions this season from the AJHL, are 11-1 on the season, having suffered their first setback over the weekend. The perennial contender while in the Alberta Junior Hockey […]
Judah Makway’s two goals and Teagan Kendrick’s powerful 33-save performance paced the Trail Smoke Eaters to a 4-1 win over Penticton on a fiery Friday night at Cominco Arena. Ridge Dawson got a gift just past the five minute mark as Vees defenseman Zach Nyman fanned on a pass from the corner, putting the puck […]
The defenses were solid and the goaltending was excellent. However, when the ice chips cleared on Ladies Night in West Kelowna, the Warriors skated away with a 3-1 win over Trail in a game that wasn’t settled until an empty net goal by Callum Hughes with just four seconds remaining. The game’s first goal didn’t […]
Friday night’s Smoke Eaters win was 8-standing! In addition to the 8-2 victory over the Warriors, the 1,505 Cominco Arena fans got to see a highlight reel goal by Jason Stefanek. His dirty-dangle in tight quarters through the West Kelowna defense was finished by a dastardly deke and the backhand burial of the biscuit past […]
It’s opening night at Cominco Arena. The Trail Smoke Eaters begin their quest for a BCHL championship against the team that eliminated them from last year’s playoffs. It’s also a chance to avenge last Friday’s 6-5 loss in Vernon to close out the preseason. The Smokies came back from a 5-2 second period deficit to […]
Trail, British Columbia (May 2, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce the signing of Dylan Lariviere (’05) for the 2024-25 season. Lariviere is a 6’4″, 195-pound right shot forward from Welland, Ontario and played last season with the Merritt Centennials. In 52 BCHL games this past season, Dylan scored 12 goals […]
