A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Hull Pirates 4 – 3 Smith Recycling MKL (After OT)
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Short- benched Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning battled hard but eventually succumbed to a last gasp overtime winner at Hull Pirates on Saturday. It was the second consecutive defeat to the Humberside outfit but at least this time Lightning picked up a point in their quest to ensure qualification for the play-offs – the previous weekend’s loss coming in regulation time. Liam Stewart with a slight hamstring problem was among the non-starters as well as Brandon Stones, Robin Kovar, James Griffin and Tom Carlon. That left [...]
NIHL National ‘Final Four’ Ticket Details Announced
The NIHL League Management are pleased to announce the ticket information for the season finale, the NIHL Final Four in Coventry. Skydome Arena will once again host the league’s showpiece weekend which brings the curtain down on the whole National League campaign. The Final Four will take place over the weekend of April 18 & 19, with two semi finals on Saturday and NIHL 1 Championship game plus National Grand Final on Sunday. Weekend tickets are priced at £50 Adults, £38 Seniors/Disabled, £25 Children.  Tickets are available via online sales or from the Skydome Box Office.  Each ticket will be [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Hull Pirates 4 – 3 Smith Recycling MKL
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers A late goal from former Elite League player Matt Bissonnette wrecked Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning’s hopes of picking up at least a point when they went down 4-3 at Hull Pirates on Sunday. Lightning had fought their way back into the game to equalise through an unassisted Cale Tanaka goal on 49mins 21secs before Bissonnette, who has seen service with Manchester Storm, Belfast Giants and Dundee Stars, edged the game for Pirates at 51mins 40secs. Both teams were missing players from their line-ups – with [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Smith Recycling MKL 2 – 5 Telford
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers League topping Telford Tigers dealt a blow to Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning’s hopes of rising up the National Ice Hockey League at Planet Ice on Saturday. After matching, if not dominating, Tigers for two periods Lightning eventually succumbed to the Shropshire visitors’ better organised powerplay units to end up on the wrong end of a 5-2 scoreline in a game which marked the debut of new signing Taylor Dickin who had only flown into the country hours earlier. The turning point was probably Lightning’s inability [...]
Taylor Dickin signs for the rest of the season
We are delighted to introduce the newest addition to the Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning squad. Taylor Dickin joins us from Southern Professional Hockey League club Birmingham Bulls in Alabama, USA. He has signed for the rest of the season, in a move forced by the injury to Robin Kovar. 31 year old Taylor is a dual Canadian / British passport holder, and brings with him extensive playing experience across USA and Canada, as well as over 150 Elite League appearances with Edinburgh Capitals, Manchester Storm and Dundee Stars scoring 85 points and 29 goals. Speaking about Taylor's arrival, Lighting [...]
Smith Recycling MKL v. Telford 1st February Match Preview
Saturday 1st February 2020, Face off 7pm, Doors Open 6:00pm Tickets available here Playlist here 24 hours to go until game night and the debut of our new player who is on his way right now! He’ll be joining up with his new teammates and aiming to make an immediate impact. This weekend we have all the usual Supporters Club fund-raising with some great prizes on offer so look out for the wonderful sellers in their tabards around the rink. Here's the match preview from Paul Brookman: Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning will be looking to continue where they [...]
James Griffin injury update
On Sunday James Griffin took a heavy collision to the boards and the Raiders player Jack Flynn. All due credit to Jack for the concern he showed following the hit which was not malicious and drew no penalty. Thanks to the Raiders physio who was quickly on the scene. James was helped from the ice and received treatment in the locker room for a lower leg injury. Our medical staff were concerned enough that they advised James to attend A&E. Xrays and examinations, fortunately, confirmed no broken bones but did identify a leg injury and a good deal of swelling. [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Smith Recycling MKL 6 – 4 Raiders
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning broke a four game losing streak as they celebrated a 6-4 victory over Raiders at Planet Ice on Sunday. After a fairly even first two periods in which the two teams traded goals Lightning asserted their authority to take control of the third period with goals from Russ Cowley and Liam Stewart. But the win came at a cost with what looked like a substantial leg injury to defenceman James Griffin who had to be assisted off the ice 16 minutes [...]
A2B Airport Transfers Match Report: Leeds 4 – 1 Smith Recycling MKL
Match Reports are brought to you in association with A2B Airport Transfers It was not a night to remember when Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning returned to the Skydome at Coventry on Saturday for the first time since their English Premier League Play Off victory in 2017. That 7-2 triumph against Telford Tigers became a distant memory as Lightning went down 4-1 to Leeds Chiefs on a night which was capped by an ankle injury to key forward Robin Kovar who limped off with only a quarter hour of the game played. This was a home fixture for [...]
Robin Kovar hurt vs. Leeds
Last night's disappointing result vs. Leeds where we lost 4-1 in the game played at Coventry has come with some further bad news about the fitness of Robin Kovar. During the game, Robin sustained an impact injury to his ankle and unfortunately this has caused some damage. We are looking after Robin and will be fully supporting his rehabilitation which will need to take place off-ice for the foreseeable future. As you can imagine, Robin is super-frustrated by this setback, and will be back playing as soon as he can. He's in good spirits overall. We will release more news [...]
