Coaching & Team Staff
Coaching Staff
Tim Fragle
GENERAL MANAGER, HEAD COACH
Tim Fragle
GENERAL MANAGER, HEAD COACH
Tim joined the Trail Smoke Eaters as General Manager and Head Coach in 2020.
Fragle, a native of Edmonton, Alberta and former Smoke Eater comes to Trail with a strong coaching resume as the team’s new General Manager and Head Coach. During the past four years, Fragle has been head coach of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Ooks College Hockey Team. During his stint, the Ooks have finished first in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) for four consecutive seasons, going 95-21-9-2 in 127 games. Fragle has also earned the Coach of the Year award in three of his four seasons at NAIT (2016-17, 18-19, 19-20). During the 2015/16 season he was named the head coach of Team Canada West for the World Junior A Challenge, leading the team to a gold medal.
Tim is no stranger to Trail, having played for the Smoke Eaters from 1997-2000 putting up 50 points in 98 games for the Smoke Eaters, while being named captain during the 99/00 season.
Email: T.Fragle [at] TrailSmokeEaters.com
Dallas Calvin
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER/COACH
Dallas Calvin
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER/COACH
Dallas Calvin, a Trail native and former Trail Smoke Eater and Beaver Valley Nitehawk, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, both as a player and a coach. Calvin’s playing career saw him spend time in the KIJHL with the Nitehawks where he was named Assistant Captain and took home the KIJHL Championship in 2013-14. Dallas spent time in the BCHL with both the Vernon Vipers and the Smoke Eaters between 2010-14, joining the Smoke Eaters full time in 14/15 and putting up 45 points in 32 games. Dallas’s playing career then took him to University, playing with both Selkirk College and VIU, winning a BCIHL Championship while with Selkirk and being a team Captain.
Calvin has taken the role of Assistant General Manager and Director of Scouting for the Trail Smoke Eaters for the 2023-24 season, adding to his current role of Assistant Coach, which he began at the start of the 2021-22 season. Calvin has 6 solid seasons of coaching experience including 2 years as an assistant coach with Selkirk College in the BCIHL and two years as Head coach of the West Kootenay U15 and U18 Tier one programs.
Email: D.Calvin [at] TrailSmokeEaters.com
Shawn Campbell
HOCKEY OPERATIONS ASSISTANT
Shawn Campbell
HOCKEY OPERATIONS ASSISTANT
Training Staff & Human Performance
Emily Michalchuk
CERTIFIED ATHLETIC THERAPIST, CAT(C)
Emily Michalchuk
CERTIFIED ATHLETIC THERAPIST, CAT(C)
Michalchuk joined the Trail Smoke Eaters for their first season in the BCHL in 2023. Emily is a Certified Athletic Therapist, having graduated from Camosun College in 2022. Originally from Victoria, BC, Emily had been living and working in Edmonton, AB since completing their studies. In Edmonton, they had the opportunity to work as an Athletic Therapist at MacEwan University and with the CEBL’s Edmonton Stingers. They also have extensive hockey experience, having worked with teams in the CSSHL, HSL, and KIJHL.
Email: AT [at] TrailSmokeEaters.com
Frenchie Boisvert
ASSISTANT TRAINER, EQUIPMENT MANAGER
Frenchie Boisvert
ASSISTANT TRAINER, EQUIPMENT MANAGER
Rob Stroud
ASSISTANT TRAINER
Rob Stroud
ASSISTANT TRAINER
Dave Abenante, RPT, BSc. Kin
TEAM PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Dave Abenante, RPT, BSc. Kin
TEAM PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Scouting Operations
Paul Antonenko
USA
Paul Antonenko
USA
Scott Cassels
EDMONTON
Scott Cassels
EDMONTON
Scott Davidson
USA (EAST)
Scott Davidson
USA (EAST)
Bronson Dawson
BRITISH COLUMBIA (OKANAGAN)
Bronson Dawson
BRITISH COLUMBIA (OKANAGAN)
Garrett McMullen
USA (EAST), SOUTHERN ONTARIO
Garrett McMullen
USA (EAST), SOUTHERN ONTARIO
Dean Moisan
ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN
Dean Moisan
ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN
Hal Tearse
USA
Hal Tearse
USA
Tanner Younghans
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Tanner Younghans
BRITISH COLUMBIA
JJ Williams
CALGARY
JJ Williams
CALGARY
Support Staff
Josiah Blencowe
TEAM CHAPLAIN
