The Trail Smoke Eaters battled to the bitter end before ending a coastal road trip with three games in as many nights with a 4-2 loss in Surrey. The Eagles, who had been resting since Friday night, jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Aaron Schwartz at 6:46 and Nathan Oickle […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters road trip continued to be memorable and on Saturday night they created a fond, but anxious memory with a 5-4 victory. They awoke to a power outage in Powell River and endured another long day of travel by bus and ferries which started at 7:30 a.m. and ended with the 3:45 p.m. […]
Another close game and another close loss to their Kootenay rival. The Cranbrook Bucks took their first lead of the night at 1:14 of the third period and held on for a 3-2 win, their first at home this season. The Smokies got off to a sensational and dominant start, forcing Bucks goalie Danick Leroux to […]
It will be Friday night hockey from Western Financial Place in Cranbrook as the Smoke Eaters and Bucks open a home-and-home series, which wraps up Saturday at Cominco Arena. Trail hasn’t topped its Kootenay rival since the 2021-22 campaign as the Bucks prevailed in all seven regular season meetings last season. They also won the […]
Interesting, bizarre, frustrating and dominant. There are probably many more words to describe Friday’s 4-2 Smoke Eaters win over the visiting Merritt Centennials. Trail dominated the first two periods, outshooting the visitors who were riding a three-game winning streak 33-10 over the first forty minutes, but only two shots got past Centennials netminder, Karlis Mezsargs. Jason […]
And so it begins. The Trail Smoke Eaters open the 2023-24 regular season against their Kootenay rival, the Cranbrook Bucks tonight at Cominco Arena. They met twice during the preseason with the Bucks winning 6-4 in Trail and 4-3 back home in last Saturday’s preseason finale for both teams, which saw Cranbrook come […]
Trail, British Columbia (September 20, 2023) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are pleased to announce this season’s leadership group. Ethan Warrener has been named team captian with Josh Schenk, Ethan Mann and Adam Parsons serving as assistant captians. “We are excited to name our leadership group today. This group makes up players that have been […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trail, British Columbia (August 23, 2023) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce that forward, Josh Schenk has committed to Dartmouth College for the 2024-25 season. The 6’2″ forward from Whitehorse, YT is entering his 3rd season with the Smoke Eaters. Last season, Josh posted 16 goals and 10 assists […]
