#15 James Griffin returns for 2019/20 MILTON KEYNES, 4 June 2019: The one a lot of fans have been waiting for. James Griffin – Griff - will resume his defensive duties for MKL for the 2019/20 season. Oxford born Griff brings massive experience of over 350 games at Elite League level and is joining us for a fifth successive season. He has a string of personal and team honours to his name, including Young British Player of the year, junior conference all-star selections, playoff championships and international medals. MK Lightning Head Coach Lewis Clifford said ''Obviously I am delighted to have [...]

PUCKY returns for MK Lightning MILTON KEYNES, 2 June 2019: A lynchpin and legend of Lightning hockey, after much negotiation (he was hibernating), we are ecstatic to confirm that Pucky has signed with MK Lightning for the 2019/20 season. A veteran of a number of MKL seasons, quietly spoken Pucky is the face – the giant white smiling face – of MKL hockey on match nights and in the community. Speaking about the appointment, MK Lightning Director of Match Night Jon Payne said “This is one of the big ones. Literally, he’s quite big. He will be a visible presence of [...]

Greek King of Lightning (Thunder, Gods and Mortals too) Greek King of Lightning (Thunder, Gods and Mortals too) You may be wondering about the gentleman in the new MK Lightning logo. May we introduce you to Zeus, a Greek god and the “Father of Gods and men” - a sky god who controlled lightning and thunder. Zeus was king of Mount Olympus, the home of Greek gods, ruling other gods as well as us mere mortals. In his role as king of the gods, Zeus was respected by all. Mortal kings would often boast that they were descendants of him. Zeus was also referred [...]

Harry Ferguson returns for MK Lightning MILTON KEYNES, 31 MAY 2019: Fresh off the back of a strong set of Elite League performances last year, we are delighted that Harry Ferguson has signed for MK Lightning for our 2019/20 NIHL campaign. He brings with him over 200 games of experience across a number of campaigns, including 98 top level Elite League appearances. Speaking about his signing, MK Lightning Head Coach Lewis Clifford said “I am really happy to bring Harry back to MKL, having started last season at Peterborough and scoring well, he made the move over here and every time [...]

Tim Wallace - Panthers Head Coach MILTON KEYNES, 30 MAY 2019:  It has been announced that MK Lightning hero Tim Wallace has joined Nottingham Panthers as Head Coach for next season. Tim played a huge role for our club last year, leading from the front and bringing together a squad which often gave other teams a run for their money when they had no right to. Since then he has helped us enormously over the summer as we prepared for this season. Tim is an incredible guy on and off the ice and thinks very highly of Milton Keynes Lightning [...]

Calum Robertson signs for 2019/20 MILTON KEYNES, 29 MAY 2019: Another exciting young player has committed to MK Lightning for the upcoming season. Calum Robertson – Caly - has signed, joining us from his hometown club of Fife, where he scored 24 goals and 41 points in 18 SNL and under 20 games last year and he has international experience having helped to guide the national side to a gold medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships (U18 pision 2A). He us undoubtedly a hot prospect, as MK Lightning Head Coach Lewis Clifford said “Caly has a whole load of raw [...]

Leigh Jamieson returns to MK Lightning MILTON KEYNES, 27 MAY 2019: Welcome back to Leigh Jamieson – Jaimo - who is returning to his hometown club after spending the last two years at Peterborough and Streatham where he scored 20 goals and 94 points in 80 NIHL games. During his previous two MK Lightning spells he amassed over 450 appearances earning league, cup and playoff honours while playing under Nick Poole and Pete Russell. Jaimo said “I’m really happy to be returning to my home town club and looking forward to the season and challenging for silverware. When the opportunity came [...]

Young forward signs for 2019/20 season MILTON KEYNES, 25 MAY 2019: A brand new face for MK Hockey fans, Brodie Jesson has become the latest talented addition to Head Coach Lewis Clifford’s growing NIHL squad. He will wear shirt number 78. 18 year old forward Brodie comes to us having spent his entire club career in Telford where he iced for the Tigers scoring 18 goals and 36 points over the last two seasons, alongside a spectacular 35 goals and 77 points in just 17 games (an average of 4.5 points per game) for the under 18s in the same period. [...]

Young forward signs for 2019/20 season MILTON KEYNES, 22 MAY 2019: No stranger to MK hockey fans, talented youngster Rio Grinell-Parke has signed for the new MK Lightning side as they continue to secure Head Coach Lewis Clifford’s previous signings. At 20 years of age and playing for MK Thunder under Clifford, left-handed Rio scored 20 goals with 36 points over the last two seasons. Last season he also made two appearances for MK Lightning in the Elite League and didn’t look out of his depth in strong company with many amongst the Lightning faithful hoping to see more of him. [...]

Goaltender Jordan Lawday signs for MK Lightning 2019/20 Season MILTON KEYNES, 21 MAY 2019: Speaking at the MK Lightning Supporters Club AGM last night, Head Coach Lewis Clifford confirmed that Jordan Lawday has put pen to paper on his move to the revitalised MK Lightning team. Cliff and Jordan are no strangers to one another after Jordan’s impressive season with MK Thunder last year that saw him deliver an impressive .914 save percentage. Named in the 2018/19 NIHL South 1 All-Star team and at just 20 years of age, Jordan already has considerable experience including international appearances at Great Britain U18 [...]