A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Hull Pirates 4 – 3 Smith Recycling MKL
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers A late goal from former Elite League player Matt Bissonnette wrecked Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning’s hopes of picking up at least a point when they went down 4-3 at Hull Pirates on Sunday. Lightning had fought their way back into the game to equalise through an unassisted Cale Tanaka goal on 49mins 21secs before Bissonnette, who has seen service with Manchester Storm, Belfast Giants and Dundee Stars, edged the game for Pirates at 51mins 40secs. Both teams were missing players from their line-ups – with [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Smith Recycling MKL 2 – 5 Telford
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers League topping Telford Tigers dealt a blow to Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning’s hopes of rising up the National Ice Hockey League at Planet Ice on Saturday. After matching, if not dominating, Tigers for two periods Lightning eventually succumbed to the Shropshire visitors’ better organised powerplay units to end up on the wrong end of a 5-2 scoreline in a game which marked the debut of new signing Taylor Dickin who had only flown into the country hours earlier. The turning point was probably Lightning’s inability [...]
Taylor Dickin signs for the rest of the season
We are delighted to introduce the newest addition to the Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning squad. Taylor Dickin joins us from Southern Professional Hockey League club Birmingham Bulls in Alabama, USA. He has signed for the rest of the season, in a move forced by the injury to Robin Kovar. 31 year old Taylor is a dual Canadian / British passport holder, and brings with him extensive playing experience across USA and Canada, as well as over 150 Elite League appearances with Edinburgh Capitals, Manchester Storm and Dundee Stars scoring 85 points and 29 goals. Speaking about Taylor's arrival, Lighting [...]
Smith Recycling MKL v. Telford 1st February Match Preview
Saturday 1st February 2020, Face off 7pm, Doors Open 6:00pm Tickets available here Playlist here 24 hours to go until game night and the debut of our new player who is on his way right now! He’ll be joining up with his new teammates and aiming to make an immediate impact. This weekend we have all the usual Supporters Club fund-raising with some great prizes on offer so look out for the wonderful sellers in their tabards around the rink. Here's the match preview from Paul Brookman: Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning will be looking to continue where they [...]
James Griffin injury update
On Sunday James Griffin took a heavy collision to the boards and the Raiders player Jack Flynn. All due credit to Jack for the concern he showed following the hit which was not malicious and drew no penalty. Thanks to the Raiders physio who was quickly on the scene. James was helped from the ice and received treatment in the locker room for a lower leg injury. Our medical staff were concerned enough that they advised James to attend A&E. Xrays and examinations, fortunately, confirmed no broken bones but did identify a leg injury and a good deal of swelling. [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Smith Recycling MKL 6 – 4 Raiders
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning broke a four game losing streak as they celebrated a 6-4 victory over Raiders at Planet Ice on Sunday. After a fairly even first two periods in which the two teams traded goals Lightning asserted their authority to take control of the third period with goals from Russ Cowley and Liam Stewart. But the win came at a cost with what looked like a substantial leg injury to defenceman James Griffin who had to be assisted off the ice 16 minutes [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Leeds 4 – 1 Smith Recycling MKL
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers It was not a night to remember when Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning returned to the Skydome at Coventry on Saturday for the first time since their English Premier League Play Off victory in 2017. That 7-2 triumph against Telford Tigers became a distant memory as Lightning went down 4-1 to Leeds Chiefs on a night which was capped by an ankle injury to key forward Robin Kovar who limped off with only a quarter hour of the game played. This was a home fixture for [...]
Robin Kovar hurt vs. Leeds
Last night's disappointing result vs. Leeds where we lost 4-1 in the game played at Coventry has come with some further bad news about the fitness of Robin Kovar. During the game, Robin sustained an impact injury to his ankle and unfortunately this has caused some damage. We are looking after Robin and will be fully supporting his rehabilitation which will need to take place off-ice for the foreseeable future. As you can imagine, Robin is super-frustrated by this setback, and will be back playing as soon as he can. He's in good spirits overall. We will release more news [...]
Smith Recycling MKL v. Raiders Sunday 26th January Match Preview
Sunday 26th January 2019, Face off 5:15pm, Doors Open 4:30pm Tickets available here Playlist here It's a rare Sunday game at the MK Arena for the Smith Recyling Milton Keynes Lightning this weekend, as we take on Raiders following our trip to Leeds@Coventry on Saturday evening. The earlier time makes it a great opportunity to bring along younger children so we hope to see you all there. Afterwards, there's the usual free skating (skate hire £3) and you'll be joined on the ice by the Lightning players who will give you a few skating tips and be there for [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Raiders 6 -4 Smith Recycling MKL
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Raiders dealt a blow to Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning’s ambitions of making ground on the teams above them in the National Ice Hockey League as Lewis Clifford’s charges went down 6-4 at Romford’s Sapphire Ice Centre on Sunday. Coupled with Saturday’s overtime loss to Swindon Wildcats it meant that Lightning gleaned just a single point from the weekend and although still in sixth position are level on points with Sheffield Steeldogs who defeated Raiders the previous day. There was a bright start for Lightning when [...]
