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Cold War intrigue shadowed Trail hockey game

21 Sep 2025 9:24 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)


Members of the Trail Smoke Eaters and Moscow Selects line up at the Cominco Arena before a crowd of more than 5,000 on Jan. 27, 1960. (Courtesy Trail Historical Society)

One of the most memorable games in Trail’s hockey history had the RCMP on high alert due to its potential “off-ice intrigue,” according to a story in the latest issue of The Hockey News by BCHF director Ron Verzuh.

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PO Box 448, Fort Langley, BC, Canada, V1M 2R7

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With gratitude, the BCHF acknowledges that it carries out its work on the traditional territories of Indigenous nations throughout British Columbia.

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