The playoff series that isn’t a playoff series continues tonight in Merritt. The Smoke Eaters and Centennials meet for the third time in 13 nights to open a home-and-home series between the two Interior Conference rivals, pushing toward playoff preparedness. For the Smokies, it’s a chance to win a third straight game, while the Centennials […]
It’s hockey night in Cranbrook. The Smoke Eaters are bound by bus for the East Kootenay to battle the Bucks. Trail has taken off early in the second half of the season. Sunday’s 4-1 patient pumping of Prince George at Cominco Arena was their fourth win in five games since the Christmas break. Judah Makway […]
The second largest Cominco Arena crowd of the 2023-24 season saw a Smoke Eaters rookie record a highlight reel goal for his first in the BCHL and witnessed the team’s hottest shooter snipe his first hat-trick of the campaign during a 9-4 win over Langley, delighting the 2,170 fans in Trail. Mathieu Cobetto-Roy got the […]
The initial rosters for the BCHL’s All-Star Weekend were announced after a vote between head coaches and general managers from the league’s 17 teams and the BCHL has launched a Fan Vote to select the remaining seven players for the rosters. With each team having one skater voted into the game already, there are seven remaining […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters were the last team to beat the Vees in Penticton and on Wednesday night, they hope to end the defending BCHL champ’s 50-game home ice win streak. Penticton hasn’t lost on home ice since game one of the 2022 playoffs on March 31st, when the Smokies scored a 5-3 win. The […]
Adam Parsons scored his 7th goal of the season with just 21-seconds left in overtime to give the Trail Smoke Eaters a well deserved 3-2 win over the second place Vipers in Vernon. It capped a determined 46-shot effort in the opener of a three game road swing that also featured a solid 200-foot defensive […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters meet the Vipers for the first time this season Friday night in Vernon. The Smokies ended a four game slide in impressive fashion last Saturday with a 7-3 crushing of Cowichan Valley at Comino Arena. They fired a season-high 54 shots on goal in a game where the Stefanek brothers stole […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters return home Friday night after a five game road swing over a two week period that saw the team log over 45 hours on the bus in trips to Powell River, Chilliwack, Surrey, Penticton and Cranbrook. It culminated with a 2-1 overtime loss in an early start after a road game […]
This time the Trail bus is bound for Penticton. The Smoke Eaters take on the Interior Conference leading Vees, hoping to build on a solid effort last Sunday in Surrey, despite the 4-2 setback. The Smokies continue to get balanced scoring throughout their lineup. Ridge Dawson is the team leader in goals with 8 and […]
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. […]
