The Trail Smoke Eaters open a three-game weekend road trip tonight in Powell River. The Smokies hope to pick up where they left off from last Saturday’s dominant 7-3 win over Prince George. Ridge Dawson led the attack with two goals, while ‘the Adams’: Barone, Parsons and Marshall each had a goal and two assists, […]

You had the feeling it would be a memorable night when Trail rookie Callas Pierce got his first BCHL goal early in the first period and then Nanaimo tied the game three minutes later when the puck came over top of the net from the backboards and went in off Smokies goalie Teagan Kendrick three minutes […]

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 […]

Josh Schenk’s second goal of the night, just past the three minute mark of the third period broke the tie and stood up as the winner in a 4-3 Trail Smoke Eaters victory over the visiting Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The Cominco Arena crowd of 1,329 witnessed another entertaining and chippy affair as the Smoke Eaters registered their first victory of […]

The Smoke Eaters open week two of the regular season tonight against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Trail had two topsy-turvy 5-4 overtime losses last weekend to Cranbrook and West Kelowna. It was a wild weekend that featured a Michigan goal by Smokies’ newcomer Christian Kim and key goals on back-to-back nights by defenseman Adam Barrone. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Smoke Eaters sign Okanagan Hockey Academy product Ridge Dawson for 2021/22 Trail, British Columbia (May 14th, 2021) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are excited to announce the newest member to the squad ahead of the 2021/22 season in forward Ridge Dawson from Kelowna, BC. Dawson, who captained his team at the Okanagan […]