It's Charity night this weekend as Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning welcome Bracknell Bees to Planet Ice on Saturday for the second meeting between the two teams in just under a fortnight.  We will be raising money for Milton Keynes Hospital Charity Cancer Centre appeal. Essential Info - Doors Open 6pm, Warm up 6:20pm, Face Off 7pm. Tickets available here or on 01908 540020. To get you in the mood, check out DJ Bertie's pre-match playlist here.  During the first period interval we will have 14 year old Louis Gregory performing his figure skating routine for us as well as the [...]

Telford Tigers come to Planet Ice on Saturday for the first meeting since Milton Keynes Lightning beat them to win the English Premier League play-offs in 2017. It was Lightning’s last game at that level before their two year sojourn in the Elite League – and they went out in style on that day at the Coventry Skydome. MK won 7-2 with Leigh Jamieson, the only member of the team with the current team (bar Lewis Christie), scoring the third goal to establish a 3-0 lead at the start of the second period. Our own Brodie Jesson was playing for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Opponents: Sheffield Steeldogs Date: Saturday September 7th Key timings: Doors Open 18:00.  Warm-up 18:20.  Face-off 19:00 The long wait is over and it’s all systems go for the new look Milton Keynes Lightning team – and management – as they get the 2019-2020 season under way with a pre-season challenge game against Sheffield Steeldogs on Saturday (September 7) at Planet Ice. But while there are many new faces in the Lightning line-up it’s a case of déjà vu for some – not least Head Coach Lewis Clifford and his assistant, Ross Bowers, while Milton Keynes-born Leigh Jamieson is, at 34 [...]