Exciting Forward Zaine McKenzie signs with AIB Milton Keynes Lightning
Exciting Forward Zaine McKenzie signs with AIB Milton Keynes Lightning We’re thrilled to bring a brand new face to your AIB Milton Keynes Lightning with the arrival of competitive forward Zaine McKenzie who joins us after a year in the Ontario Hockey Academy in the 2019/20 season where he picked up 17 points in 43 games. This is Zaine’s first senior hockey contract. Kenilworth born Zaine will turn 18 just before the season begins, and has spent time with the Solihull, Nottingham and Coventry junior programmes before heading out for his season in Canada and has made appearances at [...]
All Round Contributor Leigh Jamieson is back for 2021/22
In a great show of strength and consistency for the upcoming season, we’re delighted to reveal that Leigh Jamieson is our first signing for 2021/22. The 2019/20 Milton Keynes Lightning Defenceman of the Year brings over 500 league appearances for MKL as part of a career which also includes Elite experience and international honours at World Championships and Olympic qualifier levels. Leigh is MK born and raised and started his hockey career in the MK junior system playing for the Storm. He’s a huge presence on the ice and bagged 53 points to finish as 5th top points scorer in [...]
All In Black Are Back for 2021/22 as Official Team Partner and Title Sponsor
We’re delighted that All In Black will be continuing as our Official Team Partner and title sponsor for the 2021/22 Season. As a Platinum Partner of MKL, they will continue their expanded and deepened relationship with the club which builds on a long term partnership. All in Black Group is the leading security, systems and training company in Milton Keynes. With over ten years experience operating across the city for clients in a range of sectors, AIB uses experience from Civilian, Police and Military backgrounds, to give their clients the insight and expertise to advise them on the right security [...]
NIHL National Owners agree league structure and dates
Last week the NIHL National Owners Group met to agree the structure and timings for the upcoming 2021/22 season. Working on the basis that the government plans for bringing restrictions to an end broadly follow the published timetable we’re delighted to share that competitive fixtures will begin with a cup competition on 4th September 2021. Here’s the full details, subject to final planning and confirmation: Cup Competition from 4/5th September to 25/26th September League from 2/3rd October to 2/3rd April 2022 PlayOffs 9/10th to 23/24th April 2022 Coventry Weekend 30th April 2022 The Cup Competition will be optional and its [...]
‘Game On’ for September! 2020/21 Season Complete.
We are ‘Game On’ for September. Things are starting to move...here's the latest from the NIHL Owners Group. The end of March saw the conclusion of the Spring Cup which was a fantastic online showcase of hockey, great entertainment and a deserved overall victory for the Sheffield Steeldogs. Congratulations to all involved. The five clubs who participated looked carefully at the options to continue playing into April and May, but have decided that this is not possible. We would like to thank our fans, rink operators, EIHA and Andrew Miller for their support in making the Spring Cup a success. [...]
NIHL National Update
The NIHL National owners group has tonight released an update on an upcoming series of games which will be played during February and March. AIB MK Lightning was very much part of the planning and discussion of these fixtures, but we have decided not to take part in these games. We can see there are a number of benefits in these games taking place, but for us we would prefer to focus on our long term strength and sustainability with a view to participating in the full Season return to play we hope to see in September. We’ll maintain our [...]
Additional Defensive Depth with Zach
Following the first weekend of Streaming Series games, AIB Milton Keynes Lightning have added further depth to the defensive unit with the signing for the remainder of the Streaming Series of Zach Sullivan from Manchester Storm. Lightning Head Coach Lewis Clifford had this to say: "I’m really happy to have Sully on board for the remainder of the Streaming Series. We are a little short at the back at the moment so to have a player of his quality contact me and want to play is a huge boost. Sully is a solid Elite League defenceman and he will make [...]
Streaming Series Roster Finalised with Reinforcements
Rounding out our roster for the Streaming Series we are delighted to welcome back a couple of players with AIB MK Lightning experience. Bolstering our defence is David Clements who has spent the last 5 seasons with Coventry Blaze in the Elite League. Clemo played 23 games for Lightning in a side which featured current MKL stars Grant McPherson, Leigh Jamieson, James Griffin, Bobby Chamberlain, Eddie Knaggs, Lewis Christie and Ross Green. Also part of that team is our second reveal today. Please welcome back Lewis Hook. Hooky played 4 seasons for Lightning and left us a couple of years [...]
Streaming Series: Four players step back for the series
As we prepare for the first game of the Streaming Series we’d like to share with you some updates to our roster. Working with our players and coaching staff over the last few weeks as we have been preparing for the games, we took a straightforward view: everyone has different circumstances and perspectives to their personal life and there would be a free choice for anyone on our team as to whether they would like to be involved in the series. We worked through this with each player, Cliff and Ross to understand what they wanted to do and how [...]
Introducing our Streaming Series Jersey
Following on from yesterday's league news about the Streaming Series, we're delighted to share with you the design for the jersey we will wear for these games. Incorporating a strong lightning bolt design and featuring the logo of our Official Team Partner All In Black along with the Zeus logo, the white design looks fresh and clean and gives fans the opportunity add a different coloured shirt to their collection. They will be worn for the Streaming Series games. Should we move into playing a regular season, we will launch the usual set of light, dark and warm-up and [...]
