The Trail Smoke Eaters clinched third place in the BCHL’s Interior Conference with an emphatic statement at Cominco Arena. They avenged a 4-3 overtime loss to Salmon Arm the night before with a solid 4-1 victory over the Silverbacks. The Smokies opened the scoring just shy of the 14-minute mark during a dominant first period […]
It’s hockey night in Blackfalds. The Trail Smoke Eaters open a two-game trek to Alberta against the hottest team in the BCHL. The Bulldogs’ 4-3 win Wednesday night win over Okotoks is their fourth straight and although the Bulldogs have been out of the playoff picture for months, they are playing a role in determining […]
A persevering and proficient penalty kill prospered to push the Smoke Eaters past the pesky Nanaimo Clippers, putting the brakes on a four game losing streak with a 3-2 victory. The Smoke Eaters dominated the first forty minutes and if not for the several scintillating saves by Clippers goalie Valdimir Nikitin, it would have been […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters were plagued by poor puck luck and a pivotal third period penalty call in a 5-2 loss to the Saints on a jam-packed Friday night at Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove. The Saints opened the scoring on Steven Kirkpatrick’s breakaway goal about 13-minutes into the game. Smokies goalie Teagan Kendrick […]
It was a great run. Keifer Miller found the loose puck after Cole Cooksey was denied the front of the net on a solid hit and broke a scoreless tie 11-and-a-half minutes into the third period. The goal stood up as the winner in a 2-0 Salmon Arm win at Cominco Arena ending the Smoke […]
Penticton got “Parkered”! With Teagan Kendrick home in Trail after being ill all week, Ryan Parker’s performance provided the foundation for the Smoke Eaters sensational 4-3 overtime victory in the Okanagan. Parker’s 49th save was a desperate dive across the net late in the tie-breaking session, setting the stage for Jason Stefanek’s burial of his […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters winning streak is “ten-tastic”. They set a new franchise record with a tenth straight win, beating the Bucks 6-3 Friday night in Cranbrook. The line of Jason Stefanek, Christian Kim and Zach Coutu set the table, combining for ten points. Coutu scored his first goal as a Smokie just before the […]
The Smoke Eaters hope this will be a historic night. The Trail troupe goes for a franchise record 10th straight win in Cranbrook, against a bunch of Bucks boasting a three game win streak. The Smokies have ridden the nine game points streak of centreman Jason Stefanek to their nine game run, making them the […]
Where do you start to describe the Smoke Eaters sensational 7-4 Friday night win over Sherwood Park? The pace was torrid from the opening face-off until the final buzzer and the season-high Cominco Arena crowd of 2,268 saw goalie Teagan Kendrick make back-to-back show stopping stops on the game’s first shift, the beginning of a […]
It’s another Cominco Arena Clash tonight between the Trail Smoke Eaters and their BCHL Kootenay Rivals, the Cranbrook Bucks. The Smokies are riding a league-high, six-game winning streak that includes a 6-4 New Year’s Eve victory in the East Kootenay. Rookie Cade De St. Hubert scored 30-seconds after the Bucks tied the game in the […]
