Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers It was welcome to the DISCO Show as Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning ended Telford Tigers’ four game-winning run with a 5-2 victory at Planet Ice on Saturday.  And it was in no small part to Liam DISCO Stewart who went one better than his previous home game hat-trick by banging in four of the goals to seal the win against table topping Tigers to put the icing on the cake for an ever improving Lightning. After a goalless first period which saw both sides unable [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers New signing Robin Kovar bagged his first goal for Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning as they completed their second four point weekend of the season with a 4-2 victory over Leeds Chiefs at Planet Ice on Sunday. History was made as Lightning played the first away game in their history at home – Leeds’ new rink still awaiting completion forcing the Chiefs to seek alternative venues for their hosted matches. It would be a theme familiar to a few of present day MK squad who were [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers What an evening at Planet Ice when 1,435 lucky fans were treated to a spectacular match with end to end actions, overtime and penality shots settling a highly entertaining encounter between Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning and Hull Pirates, which ended 8-7 in MK's favour.  Home fans were in fine voice and the barn was rocking as the Lightning brought home the victory. It was a never say die attitude, mental strength, attacking skill and some fine team play which helped MK secure a morale boosting [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning just came up short despite a third period fightback with two goals inside the last seven minutes as they lost 4-2 to Peterborough Phantoms at Planet Ice on Saturday.  It was an energetic and disciplined performance from the home side who are clearly benefitting from the return of McPherson and Captain Russ Cowley, who upped the spirit within the team and gave the well organised visitors a good fight.  An outstanding performance from Marr in the Peterborough net kept MK at [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Telford Tigers defeated Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning for the second time this season with a 6-2 victory in Shropshire. The result left Lightning finishing the weekend second from the bottom of the National Ice Hockey League.  Lightning fell behind after 3mins 13secs when veteran Jason Silverthorn set up Brandon Whistle for Telford’s opening goal – seconds before the hosts’ Finley Howells was sin binned for cross checking. On the powerplay the best effort came from Kana from the blue line while Carlon’s pass across the [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning were brought down to earth with a crash by Raiders after the highs of the previous weekend as they went down 6-2. Lightning welcomed defenceman James Griffin back to the side after injury and, together with the mid-week announcement that both Tom Carlon and Lewis Christie had agreed to stay for the remainder of the season, the team was able to ice a strong line up.  But once again Lightning’s cause was not helped by falling into penalty trouble with two [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning completed their first four point weekend in two years with a superb performance at Sheffield Steeldogs on Sunday. The 3-1 victory came almost exactly two years to the day after Lightning posted a pair of narrow Elite League wins against Coventry Blaze and Manchester Storm. Unfortunately from then on the club’s path was downward – unlike the present team who have been given a huge psychological boost by the arrival of Liam Stewart. The former Coventry and Guildford Flames player added [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers A big win and £5,347 raised for the Royal British Legion One player doesn’t make a team – but he doesn’t half make a difference in instilling a new found confidence so obviously missing in recent weeks.  Liam Stewart’s long-awaited debut for Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning could hardly have gone better with a two-goals plus man of the match performance inspiring the team to their biggest win of the season – a 7-2 victory over Bracknell Bees at Planet Ice on Saturday.  Stewart, whose [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Numerous penalties cost Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning any chance of an upset as they went down 5-1 to National League leaders Swindon Wildcats at Planet Ice on Sunday. The hosts lost the services of two key players - Cale Tanaka and Tomas Kana – within minutes of each other at an important stage of the game when Lightning were trailing 2-1 in the second period. Both were handed ten minute misconduct penalties after being involved in face off violations. Their indiscipline meant MK were short [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Overtime heartbreak ruined Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning’s hopes of taking maximum points at Basingstoke Bison on Saturday buy they left with a well deserved, gutsy point from a venue which a lot of teams leave empty handed. After taking a first period lead Lightning fell behind late on in the session and, after a goalless middle 20 minutes they matched their opponents shot for shot to draw level with just over ten minutes of regulation time left.  But with 1min 49secs of the extra period [...]