Bringing a further injection of goal scoring talent to our top lines, we’re delighted that Liam Stewart has signed for the Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning.  25 year old Liam is a British / New Zealand dual national and brings with him an impressive hockey background. He will join us on 10th November from Skycity Stampede who are based in Queenstown, NZ where he has scored 21 goals and 33 points in 16 games this season.  Liam’s background is primarily in North American hockey, beginning in Los Angeles before moving to Spokane Chiefs where he spent 4 seasons picking up [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]