Match Preview: MKL vs. Sheffield Steeldogs 5th October 7pm
Are you ready for the weekend? Coming off the back of the win, the boys are buzzing and looking forward to getting back out there. Training on Tuesday looked nice with some pretty neat finishing (I’m talking to you Tomas Kana). This weekend is your final chance to grab our inaugural matchnight magazine on sale for just £3. They will be on sale from a roving band of sales people. Contactless and Apple / Android Pay is accepted by some of them so it should be easy! Please pick one up, and get it signed after the match as a [...]
MK Lightning and the Supporters Club to raise funds for Milton Keynes Cancer Centre appeal
Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning together with the Supporters Club are delighted to announce that this season we will be raising funds for our chosen charity, Milton Keynes Hospital Charity’s Cancer Centre Appeal. The appeal is raising funds for a new Cancer Centre which will allow the hospital to provide more complex cancer treatments for their patients here in Milton Keynes. On Saturday 19th October for the home game against Bracknell Bees, the team will wear specially designed jerseys in unique colours for one game only which will highlight the appeal. These jerseys will only be available through the own and [...]
Match Photos – MKL 8 – 4 Leeds Chiefs. 28th September
We are very lucky to have the super talented Tony Sargent as our match night photographer, catching shots on and off the ice. To give his the work the full credit it deserves, we'll upload to our website every Tuesday evening after the match, so you can browse all the photos at your leisure. Click here for Sheffield tickets [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: MKL 8 – 4 Leeds Chiefs 28th September
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning are celebrating their first National Ice Hockey League win after a hard fought battle against new team, Leeds Chiefs, at Planet Ice on Saturday. The 8-4 success was not sealed until the final five minutes following a fracas which ended with Chiefs’ netminder Sam Gospel being thrown out of the game on a match penalty for fighting Rio Grinell-Parke with his blocker. Back-up goalie Miles Finney was thrown into the fray with no time for a warm-up or to psych himself [...]
Match Preview – Leeds Chiefs 28th September
Opponents: Leeds Chiefs Date: Saturday September 28th Key timings: Doors Open 18:00. Warm-up 18:20. Face-off 19:00 Tickets available here National Ice Hockey League newbies Leeds Chiefs come to Smith Milton Keynes Lightning at Planet Ice on Saturday looking for their first win – in common with their hosts. Leeds are playing their first NIHL games on the road as their new rink next to Leeds United FC’s Elland Road ground is not ready until early November. They lost their first encounters with Sheffield Steeldogs 3-1 and Telford Tigers 5-2 while Lightning went close to gaining their first points last weekend [...]
Match Photos – MKL 4 – 5 Hull Pirates. 21st September
We are very lucky to have the super talented Tony Sargent as our match night photographer, catching shots on and off the ice. To give his the work the full credit it deserves, we'll upload to our website every Tuesday evening after the match, so you can browse all the photos at your leisure. Click here for Leeds tickets [...]
Lewis Christie signs short term deal
Lewis Christie has signed a short term contract with Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning. Edinburgh born Lewis is no stranger to MK, having iced 9 seasons for Lightning, and most recently for Thunder. He has Elite League experience with Edinburgh, Belfast and Basingstoke and is a GB U18 and U20 cap. MKL Head Coach Lewis Clifford explained the thinking: "Just one weekend into the real season and we have already picked up a few injuries, whilst it’s not unexpected, it’s also not ideal, it is important that I don’t leave the remaining guys vulnerable and short staffed so early in [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Sheffield Steeldogs 6 – 4 MKL 22nd September
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Two late penalties finally killed off Smith Milton Keynes Lightning’s challenge when they lost 6-4 at Sheffield Steeldogs on Sunday after matching their opponents for most of the game. Lightning were still in with a chance of taking something from the encounter when they lost the services of Jordan Stokes for tripping and then incurred a too many men on the ice penalty with less than two minutes remaining. Having survived a five on three penalty only a few minutes earlier Lightning were unable to hold [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: MKL 4 – 5 Hull Pirates 21st September
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning came within a whisker of achieving a shock result against Hull Pirates at Planet Ice on Saturday – eventually losing by the odd goal in nine. Had it not been for a poor start which saw the visitors take a three goal lead in the first nine minutes Lightning may have run out winners in their first National Ice Hockey League outing against last year’s play off winners. Instead they were left on the wrong end of a 5-4 scoreline. It [...]
Our league and cup campaign starts in just 24 hours!
The pre-season is over, the skates have been sharpened and the ice is ready to go. Time to kick off our 2019/20 league and cup campaign! Tickets Still available online, by phone 01908 540020 and in person at the rink. Game preview By a quirk of the fixtures calendar Lightning and their opponents at Planet Ice, Hull Pirates, will both already have some knowledge of each other as they met in back to back pre-season challenge games last weekend. Pirates, play off champions last season, won both encounters 7-2 and 3-2 but that will count for nothing when the puck [...]
