Trail Smoke Eaters forward Chase Dafoe has been named the Subway BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 23. Dafoe had six goals in three games last week, more than doubling his previous total of five coming into the week. On Monday afternoon, the 17-year-old scored once on the man advantage, which […]
Photo credit: Garrett James Photography Trail Smoke Eaters F Kent Johnson has been named the FortisBC BCHL Player of the Month for the month of October. In 11 games in October, Johnson scored 11 times and added another 15 assists for 26 points, leading Trail to a 9-0-2 record in the month and leading the […]
Like most children of NHL players, Philippe Lapointe spent a lot of time in and around the locker room in his early years. His dad, Martin, had already won two Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings before he was born, but by the time Philippe was old enough to understand what was going on […]
Trail Smoke Eaters forward Kent Johnson has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 22, the league announced Monday. The Port Moody, B.C. native had 10 points in his team’s four games this week. Johnson started his week with a pair of assists in his team’s 5-2 loss to […]
All summer we’ll be going team-by-team to profile new players coming in for the 2019-20 season with recaps of offseason commits and acquisitions. We will also have interviews and scouting reports from the coaches. Next up is the Trail Smoke Eaters. After finishing in seventh in the Interior Divison last season, the Smoke Eaters were […]
After a survey of the league’s 17 broadcasters, former Trail Smoke Eaters play-by-play man Trevor Miller has been named the 2018-19 BCHL Broadcaster of the Year. The criteria for the award includes: broadcast skill, professionalism and work beyond the booth. On top of his broadcasting duties, Miller was responsible for all media relations and creating […]
Marty Westhaver scored twice, Riley Hughes had three points and Kurtis Chapman stopped 27 of 28 shots as the Victoria Grizzlies defeated the Powell River Kings 6-1 in Game 7 of their second-round series to advance to the third round. Carter Berger opened the scoring for the Grizzlies with a power-play marker with under six […]
With nine days off after sweeping their opponents in the first round, the Victoria Grizzlies were well-rested heading into their second-round matchup with the Powell River Kings and they showed no signs of rust as they outshot the Kings 51-20 in a 4-1 win. The Grizzlies came out buzzing in the first period, peppering 21 […]
Four seasons of hard work at the NCAA level, culminating in team captaincy and status among the best in program history has earned former Trail Smoke Eaters forward Jake Lucchini a shot in the pros. The Trail native signed an entry-level deal plus a signing bonus on Monday and is set to join the Pittsburgh […]
Donovan Buskey stopped 40 of 42 shots and Tyler Ghirardosi led the way offensively with three points as the Trail Smoke Eaters topped the Merritt Centennials 5-2 to take a 2-1 series lead. After a scoreless first period, Trail exploded for four straight goals in the second with Spencer McLean, Carter Jones, Kent Johnson and […]
