Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning, together with the Milton Keynes Lightning Supporters Club have raised £5,347 for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. On Saturday evening for the 7-2 victory over Bracknell Bees, the arena was awash with special, limited edition jerseys which were worn for the weekend only, and had been produced with a unique poppy design to reflect the British Legion’s well known appeal.  Game worn jerseys were purchased by fans as ‘Own and Loan’ items, and a run of replica jerseys was also produced and sold online.  The Supporters Club also ran fundraising activities at the game [...]

Hot on the heels of a fantastic weekend of Ice Hockey for Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning with wins over Bracknell and Sheffield, we have some more fantastic news.  MKL number 39 Sam Russell has been selected to represent Great Britain under 20s at the forthcoming IIHF World U20s Division 2A Championships in Lithuania from the 6th to 13th January 2020. A delighted MK Head Coach Lewis Clifford had this to say: “Being selected to represent your country is the ultimate honour in any sport and I’m delighted for Sam to be in the squad.  I have coached Sam on [...]

As we look to further drive the quality and depth of our squad, we are formalising something that has been working well for us across a number of games this season.  We’re therefore chuffed that Logan Prince has agreed to join us as a permanent member of the Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning team.  We’re particularly pleased after the fantastic shift that Logan put in during our roadtrip win at Raiders. 22 year old Swindon born Logan has had stints with Swindon, Bristol and MK teams in the past and if you’ve seen him play you’ll already know that he’s [...]

Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning together with the Supporters Club are delighted to share with you our plans to commemorate Remembrance Day 2019. On Saturday 9th November for the home game against Bracknell Bees, we will remember those who have fallen, pay our respects and support the Royal British Legion by wearing a special Remembrance jersey. These jerseys will be available through the own and loan scheme and will cost £125 each, and if there is demand we will produce a limited run for purchase as replicas. We have been working with the Royal British Legion this year to gain their [...]

It's been clear to everyone that Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning has been playing with a short bench recently, with a set of players missing through injury. Their recovery is going well, but we want to avoid as much as possible playing with a lower number of players as this increases the likelihood of injuries to those players through additional workload. We're therefore delighted that Tom Carlon will be joining us for some short term injury cover. Head Coach Lewis Clifford had this to say: "With the short bench we have been running over the past few weekends, it is [...]

Bringing a further injection of goal scoring talent to our top lines, we’re delighted that Liam Stewart has signed for the Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning.  25 year old Liam is a British / New Zealand dual national and brings with him an impressive hockey background. He will join us on 10th November from Skycity Stampede who are based in Queenstown, NZ where he has scored 21 goals and 33 points in 16 games this season.  Liam’s background is primarily in North American hockey, beginning in Los Angeles before moving to Spokane Chiefs where he spent 4 seasons picking up [...]

Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning together with the Supporters Club are delighted to announce that this season we will be raising funds for our chosen charity, Milton Keynes Hospital Charity’s Cancer Centre Appeal. The appeal is raising funds for a new Cancer Centre which will allow the hospital to provide more complex cancer treatments for their patients here in Milton Keynes. On Saturday 19th October for the home game against Bracknell Bees, the team will wear specially designed jerseys in unique colours for one game only which will highlight the appeal. These jerseys will only be available through the own and [...]

Lewis Christie has signed a short term contract with Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning.  Edinburgh born Lewis is no stranger to MK, having iced 9 seasons for Lightning, and most recently for Thunder.  He has Elite League experience with Edinburgh, Belfast and Basingstoke and is a GB U18 and U20 cap. MKL Head Coach Lewis Clifford explained the thinking:  "Just one weekend into the real season and we have already picked up a few injuries, whilst it’s not unexpected, it’s also not ideal, it is important that I don’t leave the remaining guys vulnerable and short staffed so early in [...]

Experienced MK Player Ross Bowers to begin the next stage of his hockey career as Smith Recycling Milton Keynes Lightning Assistant Coach He's well known to MK Hockey fans as a player.  Now Ross Bowers is taking the next step in his hockey career, joining Lewis Clifford on the bench as our Assistant Coach.Cliff explains his thinking: "I knew coming into this job that I would need some support with coaching but it had to be the right fit, someone I know I can work with day to day, someone who has opinions that may differ from mine occasionally [...]

Ice Hockey fans from all over the Country can continue to catch their favourite home town teams on away trips to Milton Keynes this coming season as Lightning TV returns to stream home games live. Lightning TV, which celebrates its 10th birthday in November, proved immensely popular over the last two seasons as games could be viewed on a pay per view basis via the fantastic Infinity21 platform. Infinity21 will once again be providing the platform for the Live Stream and that will be complemented once more with a high speed data link provided by Oakhill Voice Solutions who step [...]