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 meet the Surrey Eagles Sunday afternoon in a battle of two of the hottest teams in the BCHL. Trail’s 4-1 Saturday night triumph over the Silverbacks in Salmon Arm gives them points in four straight games including three wins, while the Eagles have points in five straight, including four victories following […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters snapped an 0-for-18 slump on the power play with four goals on the man advantage, the difference in a 5-1 win over Spruce Grove at Cominco Arena. The Smokies started slowly as the Saints had a substantial territorial edge in the first period, but were held at bay by the 11 […]
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 […]
It was a crazy game. The Smoke Eaters scored three unanswered third period goals to put away the Powell River Kings 7-5 to close out their BCHL Showcase and a stretch of four games in less than five days. Trail jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Attila Lippai at about the five […]
It’s hockey night in Trail. The Smoke Eaters host the West Kelowna Warriors in the opener of a home-and-home series. The last meeting between these teams at Cominco Arena was memorable. Noah Ziskie sniped a goal late in the third period and fellow Smokies defenseman Lucas Lemieux ended the game with a highlight reel overtime […]
It’s back on the bus for the boys of Trail, as the Smoke Eaters close out the regular season on the road. It begins with a Friday night matchup against the regular season conference and defending BCHL champion Penticton Vees. The Smoke Eaters’ lone victory in the six head-to-head matchups this season was a 4-3 […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters ended a three game slide in their final home game of the regular season with Sunday’s 5-1 fanning of the Cranbrook Bucks. The first goal in the tight defensive battle didn’t come until 2:36 of the second period, when Kailus Green buried a loose puck turned over in front of the […]
The Smoke Eaters and Spruce Kings generated just five shots in the first period and scored five goals in the second, as Trail battled back from a pair of one-goal deficits to beat Prince George 5-2 at Cominco Arena. The floodgates opened at 3:45 of the middle frame when Spruce Kings defenseman Ben FeFranc’s shorthanded […]
It was a solid road victory after a 4-1 Friday night win in Cranbrook. Trail carried the play for much of the first period, but didn’t hit the scoresheet until Lucas Lemieux sent a sneaky seeing-eye snapshot from along the boards, at the left point, into the short side of the net past Bucks goalie […]
