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 […]
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 […]
The Vernon Vipers make their first 2025-26 visit to Cominco Arena tonight, as the Trail Smoke Eaters lift the lid on a second straight home-ice doubleheader weekend. Both teams are coming off victories. The Smokies offense was in high gear last Saturday night, stunning Okotoks 7-1. Zach Coutu snapped a 13-game goalless drought sniping 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 […]
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 […]
It’s the BCHL’s first Kootenay clash of the 2025-26 regular season. The Trail Smoke Eaters host the Cranbrook Bucks to open an eight-game regular season series. It’s a tale of two teams off to vastly different starts. The Smokies lead the Interior West Division and overall BCHL standings with an 11-2 record. The 2-8-3 Bucks, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Louis Jonerheim’s two goals in the second period was the difference as the Smoke Eaters opened their BCHL Showcase with a 4-2 win over Nanaimo. The 6’4″ Swedish power forward showcased his goal scoring ability from prime scoring territory, converting a feed from Dylan Lariviere who battled through a double team to make the perfect […]
The Smoke Eaters road warrior show continued Friday night in Spruce Grove. Trail tallied three of their five unanswered goals in the third period to record a 7-4 stunning of the Saints in their beautiful newly opened Thompson Family Arena. After 6’4″ Smokies Swede, Louis Jonerheim buried his first BCHL goal, the Saints struck three […]
