The Trail Smoke Eaters wrap up a tough stretch of six out of seven games on the road this weekend. It begins with tonight’s showdown against the Bulldogs in Blackfalds, in the first meeting of the season series. The Smokies are the hottest team in the BCHL with four straight wins and points in five […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters meet the Surrey Eagles Sunday afternoon in a battle of two of the hottest teams in the BCHL. Trail’s 4-1 Saturday night triumph over the Silverbacks in Salmon Arm gives them points in four straight games including three wins, while the Eagles have points in five straight, including four victories following […]
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. […]
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 Trail Smoke Eaters with newly shuffled forward lines and defense pairings due to injuries and the departure of 20-year-old winger Attila Lippai, battled through the adversity to beat the West Kelowna Warriors 4-1, delighting fans and family on hand for game one of Parents Weekend. The Cominco Arena crowd of 1,532 saw the teams […]
Judah Makway’s two goals and Teagan Kendrick’s powerful 33-save performance paced the Trail Smoke Eaters to a 4-1 win over Penticton on a fiery Friday night at Cominco Arena. Ridge Dawson got a gift just past the five minute mark as Vees defenseman Zach Nyman fanned on a pass from the corner, putting the puck […]
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 […]
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, […]
It’s opening night at Cominco Arena. The Trail Smoke Eaters begin their quest for a BCHL championship against the team that eliminated them from last year’s playoffs. It’s also a chance to avenge last Friday’s 6-5 loss in Vernon to close out the preseason. The Smokies came back from a 5-2 second period deficit to […]
