Where do you start to describe the Smoke Eaters sensational 7-4 Friday night win over Sherwood Park? The pace was torrid from the opening face-off until the final buzzer and the season-high Cominco Arena crowd of 2,268 saw goalie Teagan Kendrick make back-to-back show stopping stops on the game’s first shift, the beginning of a […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters and Cranbrook Bucks renew BCHL their Kootenay rivalry tonight (Tues) in Cranbrook. The New Year’s Eve clash features two teams who have won four of their last five games. The Smokies are also among the hottest teams in the BCHL with an 8-1-1 record in their last ten games. Smokies centreman, […]
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. […]
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 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 […]
Trail, British Columbia (May 16, 2024) – The Trail Smoke Eaters are thrilled to announce the signing of Carter Matthews (’06) for the 2024-25 season. Matthews is a 6’1″, 180-pound left shot defenceman from Calgary, Alberta and played last season with the Camrose Kodiaks in the AJHL. In 52 games this past season, Carter scored […]
