It’s not do or die for the Trail Smoke Eaters tonight in Salmon Arm, but pretty close. They trail the Silverbacks 2-0 in their best-of-seven BCHL opening round playoff series with the next two games on the road. The Smokies battled back from a 2-0 deficit early in the second period on Saturday to tie […]

For a second straight night, a closely contested, fast-paced, hard-fought, prototypical playoff game came down to a single shot. Keifer Miller scored on a rebound at 3:58 of overtime to give Salmon Arm a 3-2 win over the Smokies and a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven BCHL opening round playoff series. It was Miller’s second […]

It’s a showdown between the top two teams in the BCHL’s Interior West Division. The second place Trail Smoke Eaters host West Kelowna Friday night with a chance to trim the Warriors lead to two points. It’s the fourth game of the season series with the Warriors leading 2-1, including a 4-1 win in Trail […]

On the road again. The 12-2 Trail Smoke Eaters play their 11th game of the season away from Cominco Arena tonight in Okotoks against the Oilers. The Smokies rebounded from a 4-1 setback to Salmon Arm, which ended a five game winning streak, with a 5-2 clipping of Cranbrook. Christian Kim led the attack with […]

The streaking Smokies strike again! The Trail troupe increased its overall winning streak to five and have now won a team record nine straight road games following a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory in West Kelowna. That’s the good news. The bad news is starting goaltender Cooper Michaluk is out indefinitely with a lower body injury […]