He skates fast and he shoots hard…Sean Norris is back!
He’s an absolute talent, combining speed, skill and a heart of gold.  Please welcome back Sean Norris to the 2022/23 Lightning team. 22 year old Sean was born in Ascot, and spent the early part of his career in the Bracknell junior system before spending a couple of seasons in the Czech republic at under 18 and under 20 level.  His UK breakthrough came as he moved into playing senior hockey for Slough Jets, picking up an impressive 35 goals and 79 points in just 24 games in the 2018/19 season, when he also made 19 appearances for MK Thunder [...]
Tim Wallace is AIB MK Lightning’s Player Head Coach
Tim Wallace is AIB MK Lightning’s Player Head Coach We are pleased to confirm that Tim Wallace will be returning to All In Black Milton Keynes Lightning as Head Coach, Player and Director of Player Personnel and Development for the 2022/23 Season. Tim is sponsored by 123 Internet Group and we are hugely grateful for their support! The move to a Player Coach model follows a review of our hockey structure as MKL Director Jon Payne explains: “We have restructured our coaching team so that we can focus more heavily on player development and on-ice performance. Having a player coach [...]
Head Coach and General Manager Lewis Clifford leaves AIB MK Lightning
Lewis Clifford has left his position as AIB MK Lightning Head Coach and General Manager after 3 years in this role. Following the completion of the season, the club completed an organisational review and has decided that in the best interests of the club the Coaching and General Manager roles need to be restructured for the upcoming 2022/23 Season. Cliff has a long history with MK Hockey, with a playing career of over 230 games between 2002 and 2011. His coaching career began in 2009/10 as player-coach of MK Thunder, before becoming MK Lightning Assistant Coach alongside Nick Poole in [...]
21/22 End of Season Awards Party with the MKL Supporters Club
On the 7th May, we finally had an End of Season Awards party. It's been a long time coming, and was a great night. Huge thanks to the MKL Supporters Club for organising everything. Here's a list of who won the awards in the 21/22 Season. Photo credits to Tony Sargent. Most Improved Player 21/22 - Callum Field Coaches Player of 21/22 - Ben Russell Top Scorer 21/22 - Bobby Chamberlain Best Defenceman 21/22 - Lewis Christie Most Valuable Player 21/22 - Liam Stewart Players Player of the year 21/22 - Hallden Barnes-Garner  Supporters Club Player of the year [...]
James Griffin is our first signing of 2022/23
Last night at the Supporters Club end of season awards we were thrilled to announce that our first signing of 2022/23 is defensive favourite James Griffin! 29 year old James was born in Oxford and developed through the Swindon junior system. He made his Elite League debut in 2010-11 for Coventry and spent the following 4 seasons there before moving to MK in the 2015-16 season. Since then he has made over 280 league appearances including 30 in 2021-2022 when he picked up 2 goals and 9 assists, and a crucial 5 points in 10 playoff games. James returns to [...]
Ross Bowers steps down as MKL Assistant Coach
Ross Bowers has stepped down as MKL Assistant Coach. He joined the MKL coaching team at the start of the 2019/20 Season and has played a key role around the club. We are hugely grateful for all he has done and wish him all the best. Ross has had a long and impactful career in MK ice hockey, and has been racking up points since his first Lightning appearance as a 16 year old back in 2002/02. Since then he has spent the vast majority of his hockey career in MK colours. All in all, he made 415 MK Lightning [...]
Planet Ice to Sponsor NIHL National in 3 year deal
The English Hockey Association (EIHA) and Planet Ice are delighted to announce that from the 2022/23 season the National Ice Hockey League, National Division will be sponsored by Planet Ice and will going forward be known as the Planet Ice National Ice Hockey League, National Division. For the past 25 years Planet Ice have supported Ice Hockey in the United Kingdom, with a focus on the leagues and programmes under the jurisdiction of the EIHA, including hosting the EIHA’s Flagship event for the National Ice Hockey League, at their prestigious venue in Coventry. With the signing of the sponsorship agreement, [...]
Playoff Fixtures 2021/22
With the regular season now complete, we can share the playoff groups and MKL fixtures: We are in a playoff group with Telford, Leeds and Bees, with fixtures to be played on the following dates: Friday 8th April MKL vs. Leeds - faceoff 20:00 Sunday 10th April Leeds vs. MKL - faceoff 17:15 Saturday 16th April MKL vs. Telford - faceoff 19:00 Sunday 17th April Bees vs. MKL - faceoff 17:00 Friday 22nd April MKL vs. Bees - faceoff 20:00 Sunday 24th April Telford vs. MKL - faceoff 18:00 Tickets are on sale at 10am on Monday 4th April at [...]
Playoff Tickets – What you need to know
The playoffs are only a few days away now, and tickets will go on sale soon. Due to the way the groups are decided, the exact dates of the home matches and the opponents will not be decided until the last League match on Sunday 3rd April. The 3 home matches are likely to be: Friday 8th April 7.30pm Saturday 16th April 7pm Friday 22nd April 7.30pm Tickets will go on sale with Planet Ice at 10am on Monday the 4th April for all 3 matches. You will be able to buy your tickets online here, after 10am on Monday. Season Ticket Holders [...]
Playoff Jerseys 2021/22
We want to pass on our We want to pass on our thanks to the Supporters club for organising some great options for Own and Loan, and raffles for the New Playoff jerseys. Please note the new patches we've included in the design for these. Over to the Supporters Club......... It is with great pleasure we can announce that with the play off shirts being released we can now proudly go about our ways in to fundraising for the team. The play offs see an exciting finale to the season and with three home and three away games we should be in for [...]
