Trail, British Columbia (December 7, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters sniped six second period goals on their way to an 11-0 beating of the beleaguered Bulldogs in Blackfalds. Evan Sundar broke out of a 12-game scoring drought with three goals and added two assists to lead the Trail attack. Sundar’s centreman Judah Makway was […]
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 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. […]
Teagan Kendrick didn’t score, nor pick up an assist, but his heroics, especially in the second period, is largely responsible for the Smoke Eaters picking up a point Friday night in Okotoks in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Oilers. The 20-year-old netminder only had to make ten saves during his sensational second period soliloquy, […]
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 […]
It’s hockey night in Trail as the Smoke Eaters host the Spruce Grove Saints. The Trail troupe is looking to bounce back from Wednesday’s 5-2 loss to the league-leading Brooks Bandits, on a night when puck luck eluded them. The Saints are another one of the five teams who left the AJHL for the BCHL […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters go for their third straight win tonight when they host the overall leaders of the BCHL. The Brooks Bandits, one of the five additions this season from the AJHL, are 11-1 on the season, having suffered their first setback over the weekend. The perennial contender while in the Alberta Junior Hockey […]
The Smokies dramatic 2-1 overtime win in Salmon Arm was in very many ways a “Shuswap surprise”! Lucas Lemieux scored a shorthanded goal with less than one second remaining in the third period to send the game to the extra period. Judah Makway was serving an interference penalty after a wild goalmouth scramble with 30-seconds […]
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 […]
It was a crazy game. The Smoke Eaters scored three unanswered third period goals to put away the Powell River Kings 7-5 to close out their BCHL Showcase and a stretch of four games in less than five days. Trail jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Attila Lippai at about the five […]
