Experienced MK Player Ross Bowers to begin the next stage of his hockey career as Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning Assistant Coach He's well known to MK Hockey fans as a player.  Now Ross Bowers is taking the next step in his hockey career, joining Lewis Clifford on the bench as our Assistant Coach.Cliff explains his thinking: "I knew coming into this job that I would need some support with coaching but it had to be the right fit, someone I know I can work with day to day, someone who has opinions that may differ from mine occasionally [...]

Ice Hockey fans from all over the Country can continue to catch their favourite home town teams on away trips to Milton Keynes this coming season as Lightning TV returns to stream home games live. Lightning TV, which celebrates its 10th birthday in November, proved immensely popular over the last two seasons as games could be viewed on a pay per view basis via the fantastic Infinity21 platform. Infinity21 will once again be providing the platform for the Live Stream and that will be complemented once more with a high speed data link provided by Oakhill Voice Solutions who step [...]

Speedy Canadian-born forward Cale Tanaka adds to MKL offensive threat MILTON KEYNES, 20 July 2019: In a strong addition to the Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning roster, experienced forward Cale Tanaka has made the move south to MK after a season with Solway Sharks where he was second top scorer with 56 points in 34 games. Prior to that, Cale spent 6 seasons in the EIHL with four teams scoring 57 goals and 155 points. 33 year old Cale was born in Stouffville, Canada and his mother is Scottish. He holds a UK passport and has played here for [...]

Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning will play a warm-up double-header against Sheffield Steeldogs MILTON KEYNES, 18 July 2019: The start of the 2019/20 league season might still be several weeks away but today we can give some dates for your diary, your first opportunity to see the new team. Over the weekend of September 7th & 8th, the Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning will play the Bradfield Brewery Sheffield Steeldogs as both sides take to the ice for the first time. Saturday 7th will see Milton Keynes hosting, with the action moving to iceSheffield on Sunday 8th. There [...]

#15 James Griffin returns for 2019/20 MILTON KEYNES, 4 June 2019: The one a lot of fans have been waiting for. James Griffin – Griff - will resume his defensive duties for MKL for the 2019/20 season. Oxford born Griff brings massive experience of over 350 games at Elite League level and is joining us for a fifth successive season. He has a string of personal and team honours to his name, including Young British Player of the year, junior conference all-star selections, playoff championships and international medals. MK Lightning Head Coach Lewis Clifford said ''Obviously I am delighted to have [...]

PUCKY returns for MK Lightning MILTON KEYNES, 2 June 2019: A lynchpin and legend of Lightning hockey, after much negotiation (he was hibernating), we are ecstatic to confirm that Pucky has signed with MK Lightning for the 2019/20 season. A veteran of a number of MKL seasons, quietly spoken Pucky is the face – the giant white smiling face – of MKL hockey on match nights and in the community. Speaking about the appointment, MK Lightning Director of Match Night Jon Payne said “This is one of the big ones. Literally, he’s quite big. He will be a visible presence of [...]

Greek King of Lightning (Thunder, Gods and Mortals too) Greek King of Lightning (Thunder, Gods and Mortals too) You may be wondering about the gentleman in the new MK Lightning logo. May we introduce you to Zeus, a Greek god and the “Father of Gods and men” - a sky god who controlled lightning and thunder. Zeus was king of Mount Olympus, the home of Greek gods, ruling other gods as well as us mere mortals. In his role as king of the gods, Zeus was respected by all. Mortal kings would often boast that they were descendants of him. Zeus was also referred [...]

Harry Ferguson returns for MK Lightning MILTON KEYNES, 31 MAY 2019: Fresh off the back of a strong set of Elite League performances last year, we are delighted that Harry Ferguson has signed for MK Lightning for our 2019/20 NIHL campaign. He brings with him over 200 games of experience across a number of campaigns, including 98 top level Elite League appearances. Speaking about his signing, MK Lightning Head Coach Lewis Clifford said “I am really happy to bring Harry back to MKL, having started last season at Peterborough and scoring well, he made the move over here and every time [...]

Tim Wallace - Panthers Head Coach MILTON KEYNES, 30 MAY 2019:  It has been announced that MK Lightning hero Tim Wallace has joined Nottingham Panthers as Head Coach for next season. Tim played a huge role for our club last year, leading from the front and bringing together a squad which often gave other teams a run for their money when they had no right to. Since then he has helped us enormously over the summer as we prepared for this season. Tim is an incredible guy on and off the ice and thinks very highly of Milton Keynes Lightning [...]

Calum Robertson signs for 2019/20 MILTON KEYNES, 29 MAY 2019: Another exciting young player has committed to MK Lightning for the upcoming season. Calum Robertson – Caly - has signed, joining us from his hometown club of Fife, where he scored 24 goals and 41 points in 18 SNL and under 20 games last year and he has international experience having helped to guide the national side to a gold medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships (U18 pision 2A). He us undoubtedly a hot prospect, as MK Lightning Head Coach Lewis Clifford said “Caly has a whole load of raw [...]