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 six game home winning streak ended Friday night with a 5-2 setback against their Kootenay rival, the Cranbrook Bucks. The visitors struck early on a power play with Kaslo Ferner hitting the top corner after a cross-crease pass just past the two minute mark. The Smokies pushed back and came close […]
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 […]
The Smokies rode a pair of late period surges to a 5-2 win over Brooks, much to the delight of the Cominco Arena crowd of 1,724. The highlight of a tightly played first period was Trail goalie Lyam Leblanc’s gargantuan glove save off Dimitris Dilevka. The 20-year-old puck stopper turned in a superlative 30 save […]
The BCHL has announced the rosters for the 2026 College Prospects Game as part of the league’s All-Star Weekend on Friday, January 16 at Thompson Family Arena in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The format for this year’s College Prospects Game is to showcase the top players in the BCHL who do not currently have an NCAA […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
