Trail Smoke Eaters

TRAIL SMOKE EATERS remains the most famous and successful team in BC amateur HOCKEY history. It won 16 provincial senior championships, 3 western championships, 2 Allan Cup Canadian championships and 2 world championships between 1933 and 1987. The name came during the 1928–29 season when a fan in VANCOUVER threw a pipe onto the ice to protest a referee's call in favour of the visiting Trail Senior Hockey Club. Trail playing coach Craig Kendall picked it up and smoked it on his way to the...

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