Cowley and McPherson Return! Match Preview: Smith Recycling MKL vs. Peterborough 23rd November 7pm
Essential Info - Doors Open 6pm, Warm up 6:20pm, Face Off 7pm. Tickets available here or on 01908 540020. We're expecting a good sized crowd so please try to arrive a little earlier and be in your seats by 18:45 if at all possible. To get you in the mood, check out DJ Bertie's pre-match playlist here. Supporters Club 50/50: Our sellers will be as always to be found around the rink in their blue tabbards, selling 50/50 tickets for your chance to win half the money in the pot. Last weeks winner against Raiders took home £377. Tickets [...]
Caly Robertson leaves Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning
Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning Head Coach Lewis Clifford met with Caly Robertson yesterday and gave Caly notice that he will be released by the club. Under the terms of his contract, we were able to agree with Caly that he will be free to look for another club with immediate effect. Caly joined us in the summer aged just 18 years old as an exciting prospect, making the move to live away from home and play for a team outside Scotland for the first time in his career. Whilst he has picked up 5 points in his MKL career [...]
Matchnight Announcer & Podcast
Matchnight Host Steve Gordon-Wilson is stepping down from his position Matchnight Host Steven Gordon-Wilson is stepping down from his hosting and podcast duties with immediate effect. We have also recently reviewed our ongoing marketing and matchnight experience activities and have decided that for the time being we are pausing the production of the podcast. We’d like to thank Steven for his efforts and energy in being a pioneer of our podcast, and for his enthusiasm on Matchnights. Matchnight Host duties will be taken on by Peter Sawyer who has hosted a couple of games for us already this season and [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Telford Tigers 6 – 2 Smith Recycling MKL
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Telford Tigers defeated Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning for the second time this season with a 6-2 victory in Shropshire. The result left Lightning finishing the weekend second from the bottom of the National Ice Hockey League. Lightning fell behind after 3mins 13secs when veteran Jason Silverthorn set up Brandon Whistle for Telford’s opening goal – seconds before the hosts’ Finley Howells was sin binned for cross checking. On the powerplay the best effort came from Kana from the blue line while Carlon’s pass across the [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Smith Recycling MKL 2 – 6 Raiders
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning were brought down to earth with a crash by Raiders after the highs of the previous weekend as they went down 6-2. Lightning welcomed defenceman James Griffin back to the side after injury and, together with the mid-week announcement that both Tom Carlon and Lewis Christie had agreed to stay for the remainder of the season, the team was able to ice a strong line up. But once again Lightning’s cause was not helped by falling into penalty trouble with two [...]
Match Preview: Smith Recycling MKL vs. Raiders 16th November 7pm
Essential Info - Doors Open 6pm, Warm up 6:20pm, Face Off 7pm. Tickets available here or on 01908 540020. We're expecting a good sized crowd so please try to arrive a little earlier and be in your seats by 18:45 if at all possible. To get you in the mood, check out DJ Bertie's pre-match playlist here. Supporters Club Before the match there will be a cheque presentation from the Supporters Club to the Lightning for all the funds raised over the last few weeks. Thank you all for your generosity and thank you to the Supporters Club for [...]
Lewis Christie and Tom Carlon commit to Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning for the rest of the season
A few weeks ago we let you know about two players who joined us as short term injury cover whilst we were going through a particularly tough patch of being short-benched. We were so grateful that Lewy and TC stepped up for us, and we’re even more grateful that we’ve now secured both of them for the rest of the season. Cliff had this to say: “I'm obviously really happy to be able to keep both Lewy and TC for the rest of the season. Since they have come in, they have both contributed in a big way to [...]
Match Photos – Smith Recycling MKL 7 – 2 Bracknell 9th November
Tony Sargent has again been at work capturing some amazing game images for us. Please have a browse of these photos at your leisure. Click here for Raiders tickets Click here for Raiders tickets
Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning and the Supporters Club Raise £5,347 for the Royal British Legion
Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning, together with the Milton Keynes Lightning Supporters Club have raised £5,347 for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. On Saturday evening for the 7-2 victory over Bracknell Bees, the arena was awash with special, limited edition jerseys which were worn for the weekend only, and had been produced with a unique poppy design to reflect the British Legion’s well known appeal. Game worn jerseys were purchased by fans as ‘Own and Loan’ items, and a run of replica jerseys was also produced and sold online. The Supporters Club also ran fundraising activities at the game [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Sheffield Steeldogs 1 – 3 Smith Recycling MKL
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning completed their first four point weekend in two years with a superb performance at Sheffield Steeldogs on Sunday. The 3-1 victory came almost exactly two years to the day after Lightning posted a pair of narrow Elite League wins against Coventry Blaze and Manchester Storm. Unfortunately from then on the club’s path was downward – unlike the present team who have been given a huge psychological boost by the arrival of Liam Stewart. The former Coventry and Guildford Flames player added [...]
