Trail Smoke Eaters ( junior ) The Trail Smoke Eaters are a junior " A " ice hockey team from Trail , British Columbia , Canada . They are a part of the British Columbia Hockey League . History . The Smoke Eaters ( aka " Smokies " ) have existed as both junior and senior teams since the 1920s . The senior Smoke Eaters won two Allan Cup championships — 1938 and 1962 . The senior team also won two Ice Hockey World Championships playing for Canada in 1939 and 1961 ; they were the last independent ice hockey club to represent Canada in international competition before the Canada men ' s national ice hockey team was established in 1963 . The remainder of this article discusses the junior Smoke Eaters . The junior Smoke Eaters have competed in British Columbia ( BC ) since 1926 . Junior hockey in BC has evolved over a number of decades . Originally , Junior referred to a general , age - limited , non - professional hockey concept that was distinct from senior and intermediate divisions . Later , the junior division was divided into two levels , Junior A and Junior B . Over time , Junior A would evolve into Major Junior and Junior A . Through their history , the junior Smoke Eaters have competed in various versions of Junior , Junior " A " and Junior " B " divisions . While they did compete for the national Junior Championship Memorial Cup - emblematic of today ' s Major Junior championship - the Smoke Eaters have never participated in the post - 1960s version of Major Junior . In 1931 - 32 the junior Smoke Eaters won their first of 22 Mowat Cup s over a run of 29 seasons . Throughout this run , the Mowat Cup was emblematic of the highest level Junior Hockey Championship of BC . During their 22 Mowat Cup winning years , the Smoke Eaters would represent BC in the Western Canadian Junior / Junior A Championship , competing for the Abbott Cup . The Smoke Eaters won the Abbott Cup in 1944 , allowing them to represent Western Canada in the national Junior Championship Memorial Cup competition , losing all four games to the Oshawa Generals . By the 1970s , the Smoke Eaters played as a Junior " B " team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League . They joined the Junior A Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League from the 1991 - 92 through 1994 - 95 seasons . In 1995 the Smoke Eaters bought out the rights to the Bellingham Ice Hawks of the Junior A British Columbia Hockey League , joining that league as the Trail Smoke Eaters for the 1995 - 96 season . Season - by - season record . " Note : GP = Games Played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , OTL = Overtime Losses , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against " Chilliwack / Ladner / Bellingham franchise . To secure entry into the BCHL , the Trail Smoke Eaters bought out the franchise rights to the Bellingham Ice Hawks , who previously existed in Ladner and Chilliwack . The Eagles played for six seasons in Langley of which 1983 - 84 was their dream - come - true season . That year , with a record of 40 - 8 - 2 , placing third in the league , their hope for playoff success , was high . In the Quarter - Finals that year they grounded Abbotsford Flyers , 4 – 1 . They sunk the Nanaimo Clippers in the semi - finals , 4 – 2 to advance them to the league finals . In that series they jousted with the favoured Penticton Knights , who placed first in the league and won 4 – 0 . The Peace Caribou Junior Hockey League champions , Prince George Spruce Kings , would fare no better as Langley chopped them down , 2 – 0 , for the Mowat Cup . In the BC / Alta Championship , Fort Saskatchewan Traders were out bartered , 4 – 2 . Alas , all good things must come to an end and that is what happened to Langley in the Abbott Cup . The Weyburn Red Wings were having a dream - come - true season of their own , clipping Langleys wings , 4 – 0 , and going on to win the Centennial Cup , emblematic of Junior " A " Hockey supremacy in Canada . " Note : GP = Games Played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , OTL = Overtime Losses , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against "