Trail, British Columbia (November 19, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters would like to announce the signing of Gairin Michalski (’07) for the 2025-26 season. Michalski is a 5’10”, 175-pound right shot defenseman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently playing with the Long Island Gulls 18U AAA program. Last season with Victory Honda 16U Gairin posted […]
Trail, British Columbia (September 25, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce the signing of Chayse Johnson (’07) for the 2025-26 season. Johnson is 6’0″ 175-lb goalie from Trail, BC and is playing this season with the OHA U18 prep team (Penticton) in the CSSHL. Chayse attended the Smoke Eaters main camp […]
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 […]
Trail, British Columbia (August 1, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are excited to announce the hiring of Eric Thurston as the team’s new Associate Head Coach and Associate General Manager. Eric will join Tim Fragle (General Manager & Head Coach), Bryan Kromm (Assistant Coach & Director of Player Development) and Emily Michalchuk (Athletic Therapist) […]
Trail, British Columbia (July 26, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters have acquired 2004 Forward, Attila Lippai from the Penticton Vees in exchange for Future Considerations. Lippai is entering his 2nd season in the BCHL and is from St. Paul, Minnesota. Last season with the Vees, Attila scored 9 goals and added 9 assists for […]
Trail, British Columbia (July 18, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce the signing of Gavin Jensen (’05) for the 2024-25 season. Jensen is a 6’3, 185 pounds left-shot forward from Roseau, Minnesota and played last season with Roseau High in USHS-MN. Gavin scored 16 goals and added 20 assists for 36 points […]
Trail, British Columbia (July 5, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are proud to announce the signing of Brayden Rotach (’07). Rotach is a 5’11”, 165-pound left shot forward from Castlegar, BC and played last season with the Okanagan Rockets U18 AAA program in the BCEHL. In 36 games this past season, Brayden scored 17 […]
Trail, British Columbia (July 5, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters would like to announce the signing of Josh Evaschesen (’06) for the 2024-25 season. Evaschesen is a 6’1″, 185-pound left shot forward from Medicine Hat, Alberta and played last season with the Southern Alberta Hockey Academy (SAHA) U18 Prep in the CSSHL. In 23 […]
Trail, British Columbia (July 1, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters Hockey Club would like to announce the hiring of Bryan Kromm as the team’s Assistant Coach & Director of Player Development. Kromm comes to Trail after spending the last three seasons with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point as the team’s assistant coach. During that […]
It’s go time! The Smoke Eaters open the playoffs tonight (Friday) in Vernon. Coach and GM, Tim Fragle has indicated all players will be available to open the best-of-seven series. Trail closed out the regular season last weekend with wins of 4-2 in both Penticton and Salmon Arm. Mathieu Cobetto-Roy scored the opening goal against […]
