Streaming Series Roster Finalised with Reinforcements
Rounding out our roster for the Streaming Series we are delighted to welcome back a couple of players with AIB MK Lightning experience. Bolstering our defence is David Clements who has spent the last 5 seasons with Coventry Blaze in the Elite League. Clemo played 23 games for Lightning in a side which featured current MKL stars Grant McPherson, Leigh Jamieson, James Griffin, Bobby Chamberlain, Eddie Knaggs, Lewis Christie and Ross Green. Also part of that team is our second reveal today. Please welcome back Lewis Hook. Hooky played 4 seasons for Lightning and left us a couple of years [...]
Streaming Series Reinforcements: Benny’s back, and Ross Venus signs
The Reinforcements Let us introduce you to two - one returnee and one brand new player. Returning to the line up is Ben Russell (who will now wear #55). Ben made 41 appearances for AIB MKL last year, picking up 1 goal and 6 assists. He joined us from Streatham, having previously made appearances for Peterborough, Manchester, MKL and some time in North America. Welcome back Ben and thank you for stepping in! In a new addition to the line up, we welcome Ross Venus who joins us from Coventry Blaze. 26 year old Ross is an accomplished all round [...]
Streaming Series: Four players step back for the series
As we prepare for the first game of the Streaming Series we’d like to share with you some updates to our roster. Working with our players and coaching staff over the last few weeks as we have been preparing for the games, we took a straightforward view: everyone has different circumstances and perspectives to their personal life and there would be a free choice for anyone on our team as to whether they would like to be involved in the series. We worked through this with each player, Cliff and Ross to understand what they wanted to do and how [...]
Support AIB MK Lightning by becoming a Face in the Crowd!
AIB Milton Keynes Lightning are scheduled to play The Streaming Series behind closed doors, but you can still support the team by being a Face in the Crowd which will be displayed on a seat in the rink during the matches. Fans can buy a cut-out of their face and upper body, which will be displayed in the arena for all of the home matches where fans are unable to attend due to COVID restrictions. Why limit it to just you? You could have the whole family sat virtually in the rink! Each cut out costs £25 with an [...]
Introducing our Streaming Series Jersey
Following on from yesterday's league news about the Streaming Series, we're delighted to share with you the design for the jersey we will wear for these games. Incorporating a strong lightning bolt design and featuring the logo of our Official Team Partner All In Black along with the Zeus logo, the white design looks fresh and clean and gives fans the opportunity add a different coloured shirt to their collection. They will be worn for the Streaming Series games. Should we move into playing a regular season, we will launch the usual set of light, dark and warm-up and [...]
NIHL hockey is back with the Streaming Series!
The NIHL National owners group has been collaborating extensively over the last few weeks, and working with the EIHA and rink operators towards the objective of getting our game back on the ice. We would like to put on record our thanks to the EIHA, Planet Ice, Ice Sheffield and GLL Better Leisure for the support of our clubs during this critical phase of our season planning. We’re delighted to share that we have created a small pilot series of games which will take place in November, so that we can gather information to feed into planning for a competitive [...]
A brand new relationship for MKL as Brioche Pasquier becomes our Official Engagement and Community Partner
This partnership has been baking in the oven for a while, and now it’s ready to serve. Introducing a brand new strategic relationship for the All In Black MK Lightning as Brioche Pasquier becomes our Official Engagement and Communities Partner. Brioche Pasquier already plays a significant role in the Milton Keynes community through its relationship with MK Dons SET, and we’re thrilled that they are extending their sporting support by working with Lightning this year. Brioche Pasquier is a well-known, global brand, which has been operating in Milton Keynes since 2001 and started baking in 2014. Its range includes PITCH, [...]
We are now the All In Black Milton Keynes Lightning!
A huge welcome back, and in a new expanded role as our Official Team Partner and Title Sponsor, to All In Black as we proudly introduce our new team name: All In Black Milton Keynes Lightning. The team at All In Black have over 20 years of experience in the Security industry and their Head Office is based in Milton Keynes. Their work focuses around three areas: Security Guarding, Training provider for People and Businesses and Security Systems We are thrilled that they are expanding and deepening their long-term relationship with the club. They will continue to provide event safety [...]
Planning for a restart: Important Update from NIHL Teams
Representatives of the ten NIHL National teams met online recently to continue our ongoing series of planning sessions and we would like to update you on progress so far. We are pleased to confirm that we have all together agreed to set a target start date for the NIHL National league of 1st January 2021. In addition to this, there was collective agreement to aim to play hockey matches during late November and through December with a series of challenge games and a pre-season cup competition. Details of the length of the regular season and the format of the cup [...]
Top young prospect Callum Field signs with Milton Keynes Lightning
“Player progression is a vital part of our ethos of running the club” said Milton Keynes Lightning CEO Claire Eason-Bassett. That’s why we are thrilled to introduce you to an exciting young prospect who is making his step up into senior hockey for the first time. Please welcome Callum Field to MKL. Northampton born Callum turned 16 just a month ago, and spent the majority of last season training with the MKL squad. He brings good size, athleticism and a high compete level which will stand him in great stead for the next part of his development. So far in [...]
