Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning recorded their ninth win in the past 11 games when they saw off a late Bracknell Bees challenge on Sunday to chalk up a 5-4 success. In a closely fought encounter both teams traded goals at The Hive until Lightning finally broke Bees resolve in the third period with two strikes to edge to a 5-3 scoreline. But there was an almost immediate response from the hosts as Harvey Stead banged in a fourth goal to cut the gap the one [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Six second period goals – three of them in a blistering two minutes – put Hull Pirates to the sword as Smith Milton Keynes Lightning equalled their biggest winning margin in a 9-4 victory at Planet Ice on Saturday. The win lifted Lightning up one place to sixth in the table – level on points with Sheffield Steeldogs, next weekend’s opposition, who slipped to seventh. Having beaten four of the top five clubs in recent weeks some will not only be tipping MK for a place [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers An excellent display in the latter half of the game saw Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning come from two goals behind to convincingly beat Peterborough Phantoms 6-3 at Bretton on New Year’s Day.  Three third period goals by an increasingly confident Lightning saw off their old foes and helped to dismiss the memory of the disappointing overtime loss in Milton Keynes the previous Saturday.  It kept Lightning on course to march up the National Ice Hockey League – having taken 19 points out of a possible [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers League leaders Telford Tigers were defeated by a super Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning for the second time in three weeks as the city side bounced back after Saturday’s loss to record a 6-3 win in Shropshire on Sunday. It meant that Lightning bagged three points out of a possible weekend four to continue to close the gap on the teams above them in the National Ice Hockey League. MK may still be seventh but the deficit on Sheffield Steeldogs one place above them is down [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning’s four game-winning run was ended by old rivals Peterborough Phantoms in dramatic style at Planet Ice on  Saturday with an overtime winner 19.5 seconds from the final buzzer. Absolutely no one in the crowd of 2,245 could have had any grounds for complaint about entertainment value even though the goal by Callum Buglass to seal a 7-6 win for the visitors was a disappointing conclusion for home fans. The game was one of the best seen in Milton Keynes in many [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers A super James Griffin goal 1min 29secs into overtime sealed another fantastic four point weekend for Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning at Basingstoke Bison on Sunday. The 3-2 win completed a weekend double over the Hampshire effort, yet Lightning were just 31 seconds from defeat when Liam Stewart scored the equalising goal after goalie Jordan Lawday was pulled for the extra skater. It means Lightning are edging ever closer to the middle pack in the National Ice Hockey League – three points behind Sheffield Steeldogs who [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Resilient Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning saw off a second period Basingstoke Bison fightback to continue to edge up the National Ice Hockey League with a 5-3 victory at Planet Ice on Saturday delighting Lightning fans who saw their team record their sixth win in seven games. The result lifted MK up into seventh spot in the league table above Bracknell Bees – and perhaps more importantly –within sight of a bunch of mid-table teams. That was despite Lightning playing with a short-bench – Tom Carlon, [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning made it four wins from five games after they saw off a Sheffield Steeldogs fightback to hold on for a 4-3 win at iceSheffield on Sunday. The win ensured that Lightning continued to make up ground on Bracknell Bees who lost twice at the weekend, as well as Steeldogs who fell to MK for the second time in as many games. And with Raiders unable to repeat their shock win over Hull on Saturday it meant that Lightning moved up into [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Fans played a massive part in a different way last night as they stole the show with an impromptu, rousing acapella performance of God Save the Queen, followed by an amazing (almost) record-breaking Air the Bear contribution when Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning scored their first goal. In hockey terms Sheffield Steeldogs were put to the sword in a possibly more comprehensive victory than the 5-2 scoreline suggested at Planet Ice on Saturday.  Lightning dominated long periods of play – especially in the first and second [...]

Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning’s best winning run of the season was eventually sunk by the pirates of Hull who struck twice in the third period goals to seal a 5-3 win at Kingston on Sunday.  Lightning opened the scoring late in the first session and for long parts of the game matched their opponents goal for goal until a powerplay marker with just over five minutes remaining finally put Hull in control. Pirates drew the first penalty with under five minutes gone when Lee Bonner [...]