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 cardiac comeback kids from the Kootenays did it again! Jason Stefanek scored his 11th goal of the season at 3:47 overtime to give the Trail Smoke Eaters a 3-2 win in West Kelowna. It was another goaltender’s duel. Trail’s Teagan Kendrick set the bar high early, robbing Warriors forward Kelsen Podworney on a breakaway. […]
After a vote was conducted with coaches and general managers from the 21 BCHL teams, the league has announced the initial rosters for the 2025 All-Star Tournament and Skills Competition Jan. 18 at Rogers Rink in Salmon Arm. Each team has one skater represented on the initial roster, plus an additional two goaltenders were selected from each […]
The Smoke Eaters open a weekend road trip tonight in Okotoks. It’s also the lid-lifter of a tough stretch with six of the next seven games on the road. The Smokies are coming off a grinding pair of games last weekend at home with a 4-1 win over West Kelowna and a hard-fought 4-1 loss […]
The Smokies open a two-game long-weekend run on the road tonight in Vernon. The Trail boys have had a week to prepare, after posting a 5-1 win last Friday night over Spruce Grove at Cominco Arena. It was a bounce back game following a 5-2 loss to Brooks two night’s earlier and marked a resounding […]
It’s hockey night in Trail as the Smoke Eaters host the Spruce Grove Saints. The Trail troupe is looking to bounce back from Wednesday’s 5-2 loss to the league-leading Brooks Bandits, on a night when puck luck eluded them. The Saints are another one of the five teams who left the AJHL for the BCHL […]
It was a night of opportunities; some missed, others converted. Unfortunately for the Trail Smoke Eaters, the league-leading Brooks Bandits scored four unanswered goals over a 17-minute span to post a 5-2 win at Cominco Arena. The Smokies struck first. With Jason Stefanek crashing the net, Attila Lippai’s shot from the left-wing boards found the […]
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 […]
The Smokies dramatic 2-1 overtime win in Salmon Arm was in very many ways a “Shuswap surprise”! Lucas Lemieux scored a shorthanded goal with less than one second remaining in the third period to send the game to the extra period. Judah Makway was serving an interference penalty after a wild goalmouth scramble with 30-seconds […]
The intense rivalry between the Trail Smoke Eaters and the Penticton Vees heats up again tonight at Cominco Arena. Their first clash of the regular season comes a week after Trail’s first home ice loss of the campaign. The Smokies hope to atone for last Friday’s 4-3 setback against Cranbrook, which ended a run of […]
