Excitement alert!  Our very own Disco, Liam Stewart, has committed to MKL for the 2022/23 season, his fourth season!   Well known as one of the most exciting players in the NIHL National, Liam picked up 41 points in 45 games for Lightning in the 2021/22 season is always a massive part of our energy and passion on the ice.   His background is top quality.  4 seasons in the WHL with Spokane, to EIHL appearances with Coventry and Guildford (via the ECHL).  He has represented GB at Under 20 and Senior Level, helping secure promotion out of Division 1B [...]

Our second overseas player for 2022/23 is a Latvian winger who was recommended to us by former MK Lightning player Georgs Golovkovs.  Please welcome Deivids Sarkanis to the Lightning lineup for 2022/23!   27 year old Deivids was born in Riga, and has spent much of his development career in the Latvian leagues, including a number of seasons in the MHL, the feeder league to the prestigious KHL competition.  In his career Deivids has also made a handful of KHL appearances himself, most recently in 2019/20.   After he finished his junior development at the age of 20, he spent [...]

He started strongly for us last year and has a great attitude.  Having appeared 24 times for AIB MKL last year, he went to the Bees for some more development and picked up 13 points in 20 games.  Now he’s back, he’s raring to go, and we are chuffed that’s he’s once again in the AIB MKL locker room. Kenilworth born Zaine will turn 19 just before the season begins, and has spent time with the Solihull, Nottingham and Coventry junior programmes before heading out for a season in Canada and has made appearances at Midlands conference level. AIB MKL’s [...]

He was one of AIB MKL’s most exciting players last season, so we are thrilled that Sam Talbot is back in the lineup for 2022/23. 21 year old Sam spent the majority of his junior career in the Swindon system, with a season in the Ontario U18 system in 2017/18.  On his return from Canada he spent some time as part of MK Thunder, before moving onto Slough Jets where his prolific scoring talents really began to emerge.  After 99 points in 44 league games for the jets, he spent time in the 2019/20 season in the NIHL National with [...]

In a huge boost for AIB MK Lightning, Jordan Hedley is making his return to the club for the first time since 2017/18 after 4 seasons with Coventry Blaze in the Elite League.  Jordan will be fully committed to AIB MKL, and will only play for Blaze this season if they have injuries and need him to step in and start for them. Jordan is an experienced netminder, having played alongside Elite level players for a number of years, and been in the GB senior World Championships squad this year in Finland.  He played twice for MKL last year picking [...]

Please welcome back Ross Green to Milton Keynes Lightning!  Ross is a massive MK ice hockey contributor, with a career which stretches back to MK Storm U16s in 2004.  In the 2021/22 season Ross made 44 MKL appearances, and picked up 14 points.  He’s known for his smooth skating, cool head, and leadership on and off the ice.  He’s also a fantastic ambassador for hockey in the town, supporting junior development and running hockey camps for a number of years. MKL’s Tim Wallace gave us his views on Ross:  “Ross Green is a MK guy who is great to have [...]

He stepped into the breach last year when we really needed him and ended up sticking around and putting in some fantastic performances. That’s why we couldn’t be happier that Tyler Nixon has made it official, and signed as an AIB MKL player for 2022/23. 20 year old Tyler was born in Rotherham and has spent most of his developmental time in the Sheffield system with a couple of stints in Sutton and Leeds in the last few years.  He made his Lightning debut away to Sheffield early last season, picking up an assist in his first game.  He went [...]

Returning to the MK blueline for 2022/23 please welcome back Ben Russell to the AIB MK Lightning squad.  MK born 28 year old defenceman Ben brings a wealth of hockey experience with him from the UK, Canadian and American leagues as well as international appearances at under 18 and under 20 level.  He returns to the MKL lineup after 36 appearances and 5 points in the 2021/22 season. Ben is pleased to be returning, commenting “I’m really happy to be back in MK for another season. I’m excited to see what we can achieve this year, being so close and [...]

He emerged as our starting nettie last year, finishing the season with a great playoff run including the very first shutout for a zeus shirted MK netminder.  We’re delighted that Matt Smital is returning in net for All In Black MKL for 2022/23! 23 year old Matt was born in Brno in the Czech republic and by virtue of his junior experience with Bracknell qualifies as a ‘British Trained Player’ under league rules.  Matt previously played for Slough Jets where he spent the 19/20 regular season and 20/21 cup series.  Last year in a Lightning shirt he played 37 times [...]

He’s an exciting and dynamic young player and one of the hottest prospects in the NIHL, so we are delighted that Milique Martelly has committed to AIB MKL for 2022/23.  Milique joins us on a full MKL contract, with a 2 way in place with Streatham to allow him to appear for them when appropriate.   18 year old Milique started life as a roller hockey player, and first took to skates when he was just 18 months old.  He started playing competitive junior hockey around 8 years ago, and has developed quickly into one of the country’s top defensive [...]