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 […]
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 […]
The Smokies had their chances, but despite outshooting Cowichan Valley 33-25, suffered a 4-2 setback in their BCHL Showcase opener. After falling behind early, Smokies netminder Teagan Kendrick stopped a series of six shots on one shift, including a couple of great saves to keep his mates within a goal. The Capitals then took a […]
The Smoke Eaters play their first game in the BCHL Showcase this holiday Monday afternoon in Abbotsford after a Thanksgiving Sunday on the ferry and bus for the boys from Trail. The Trail troupe left the island with three of a possible four points after Saturday’s stunning 6-5 win in overtime over the Grizzlies in […]
Holly Hannah, what a game! Judah Makway’s power play goal 1:28 into overtime got his teammates pouring off the bench in celebration and and thrilled the many Smoke Eater jersey-clad fans on hand, as Trail triumphed 6-5 in Victoria, ending a wild, wide-open display of offense by both teams. It didn’t start well for the […]
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 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 the dawning of a new era for the Trail Smoke Eaters. They open their first Alberta road trip in their long history in the BCHL tonight (Fri) in Spruce Grove. The game also marks the return home for Evan Sundar, who was acquired this past summer from the Saints for former Smoke Eaters defenseman […]
Lucas Lemieux lit the lamp at 4:03 of overtime to give the Trail Smoke Eaters a 4-3 win over West Kelowna in a 64-minute battle between these two Interior West BCHL rivals at Cominco Arena. The Warriors were looking to bounce back from a 9-0 opening night loss in Cranbrook and came out with energy […]
Opening night at Cominco Arena was fast, feisty, skilled and the result couldn’t have been any better for the hometown crowd of 1,621. The Smoke Eaters supplied three unanswered second snipes to secure a 5-3 win over the Vernon Vipers. The visitors started strong, scoring first on a three-way passing play finished by Luke Bibby, […]
