Joy Tottman is ref this evening.

0-1 at 4.59 scored by Adam Carr, assists by James Archer and Matt Towalski

1-1 at 7.24

End of First 1-1


1-2 at 24.04 scored by Andre Smulter unassisted

1-3 at 27.40 scored by Andre Smulter, assisted by Nick Poole

2-4 at 34.26 scored by Andre Smulter, assisted by Gary Clarke and Michael Wales


End of Second 2-4

Peterborough manage to claw back 2 goals in the third period, but Lightning hold on to make it a 3 point weekend against Peterborough.

3-4 at 47.48

Final Score 3-4

MK Lightning take on Peterboprough Phantoms at home and then away this weekend.

Saturdays game stareted with New boy Joakim Wiklander scoring his first home game with assists by Gary Clarke and Lukas Zatopek aat 27 seconds.

Peterboruogh came out all guns firing in the second and scored at 20.31 with agoal from Joe Miller, but Lightning replied with a goal from Adam Carr at 28.53 with assists from Gary Clarke and Joakim Wiklander leaving the end of the second period MKL 2 - 1 Peterborough.

The third period  saw Lightning pull away to a 3-1 lead with a goal from Andre Smulter, Gary Clarke and Lukas Zatopek assisting again. Peterborough then showed good spirit  with 2 goals  in 2 mins from Yardley and Fowler leaving in 3-3 at the end of regular time.

Overtime was played to a large crowd and with Lukas Zatopek in the penalty box for a tripping call it gave Peterborough the advantage which they took and scored to win in overtime.

Sundays game at Peterborough faces off at 17.30, updates will be posted here

The Management of the Milton Keynes Lightning are pleased to announce that Nick Poole has accepted an offer for a testimonial at the end of this season. This is to celebrate his ten years of hockey in Milton Keynes and although a firm date has not yet been agreed we are hoping to hold the event immediately after this season finishes.

Nicks association with Milton Keynes started in the 1998/99 season when he was an ISL all-star with the London Knights, a team hosted here in Milton Keynes. Nicks long term affiliation with the Milton Keynes Junior Ice Hockey Club began by helping out on a weekly basis in this season.

The following season Nick decided to stay in Milton Keynes and take up the role of full time Head Coach of the Milton Keynes juniors. He was also to play for the MK Kings in the British National League. That season Nick was voted for a second time, an All-Star player by the British Hockey Writers association.

The rink closure in Milton Keynes meant he had to virtually start from scratch with the junior programme but with the foresight of the then Junior Club members who brought Nick into the Milton Keynes structure, he has helped to guide a number of age groups from the "B" Leagues to the "A" Leagues. His coaching career here has also helped to develop a number of juniors into the Senior game and at various levels, and is also  rightly proud of the group of youngsters coming through the club at the moment.

This season is Nick's tenth year as Head Coach of the MK Junior Ice Hockey Club and his ninth as either a player or player coach in Milton Keynes senior teams.  2001/02 season. was the only year in the 10 Nick  was not seen in a Milton Keynes shirt, electing to play for free to help the Peterborough Pirates make it through the season.

In 2002/03 season Nick became the player coach of the Milton Keynes Lightning in their inaugural season.  He has been influential in the team's success both on and off the ice.  The Lightning won an unprecedented 4 Playoff trophies in 4 years to go with 2 League trophies in the same time period.  The Lightning have always played a fast-paced and entertaining brand of hockey as Nick is a firm believer in this philosophy.  Harry Howton, who was instrumental in setting up the MK Lightning with Nick and Vito said, "It is with great pleasure that we will host a testimonial game for Nick at the end of this season. It is thoroughly deserved and we know it will be a great evening with some great names from both past and present from not only Milton Keynes but up and down the country. We want to put on a great event for someone who has been a fantastic ambassador for the game and give him a night to remember "

General Manager, Vito Rausa added " Nick has been a fantastic servant to both the game and to Ice Hockey in Milton Keynes, he has always tried to play the game the right way and that has always been reflected in the style of play we've come to enjoy in Milton Keynes. His commitment to junior hockey in Milton Keynes has been second to none ".

Stay tuned for more details and announcements over the coming weeks. 

That man Adam Carr scores his 4th goal of the weeken int he first period at Slough, with assists by new boy Joakim Wiklander and D Man Lukas Zatopek

End of First period Slough 0 - 1 MK

In the second period Joakim Wiklander scores his first MK goal and then assists Adam Carr again to make it Slough -0 - 3 MKL

Michael (Muzzy) Wales makes if Slough 0 - 4 MKL - with a Power play goal and assists from Joakim Wiklander and Andre Smulter

Steve Moria make is SLough 1 v 4 MKL at the end of the second period

Slough pull one goal back in the last minute, but MKL get the 4 point weekend...

MK take on Peterborough Phantoms next week - Saturday at home face off 7.00pm

MK Lightning gave a spirited performance this evening  coming back from a 3 goal deficit to beat Slough Jets 7-6.

 New Import Joakim Wiklander has only been in the country since Wednesday, had his first training session on Thursday and managed to rack up 4 assists tonight to help MK to their win.

Goals were :- Archer 1, Wales 1, Clarke 2, Carr 3
Assists were:- Smulter 3, McEwen 1, Randall 1, Wiklander 4, Zatopek 1, Poole 1 

MK face Slough away tomorrow Face iff 6.30 

MK Lightning take on Bracknell Bee's at home tonight 3/1/09 and then away tomorrow night - face off 6.00pm.

Tonight the score is MKL 1 - 1 Bracknell at the end of the first period with goals from Melichar  for Bracknell to start and then Andre SMulter from Gary Clarke from Nick Poole

End of the second period - still MKL 1 - 1 Bracknell

Andre Smulter scores his second of the night, with assists also again by Gary Clarke and Nick Poole  - finals score MKL 2 - 1 Bracknell

Sundays game was another very close game with MKL going ahead after only 4.03 minutes through Adam Carr.  Bracknell came back through Kamiskas on the 30 minutes.  Kelner then took Bee's ahead.

 In the third Lukas Zatopek scores from the blue line at 53.59, but Bee's score the final goal of the evening leaving the final score Bracknell 3 - 2 MK Lightning. 

The Mk Lightning are delighted to announce, that Thanks to the fantastic fundraising of the Supporters Club we have been able to sign Swedish forward Joakim Wiklander who currently plays in the Swedish Division one for Botyrka Hockey.

The 24 year old Swede, who stands at 6’2’, has scored 47 points from his 25 games for Botyrka this season and is currently the 2nd highest point scorer in the team and 4th  highest in the Eastern conference. Last year he played in the Austrian 2nd Division where he amassed a credible 54 points from 34 games.

Of the signing General Manager, Vito Rausa said, “We spoke to Joakim at the beginning of the season and were very keen on him joining us, but he had commitments in Sweden that meant he was unable to join us straight away. Since then we have kept in contact and are now delighted to have him join us in what could turn out to be a 2 year contract.”

 The Winger, who is also comfortable playing centre will be a welcome addition to a Lightning squad that has had its fair share of injuries not least of which to Al Parez who missed the last two weekend games with a reoccurring shoulder injury.

“Vito added, “as a lot of people know, Al has been playing whilst carrying a shoulder injury that he has not really allowed to heel properly and all that happens is that he keeps aggravating the injury which causes him a further setback. We spoke to Al of our concerns and he agreed that he needed to get some specialist advice which he is hoping to do over Christmas in the Czech Republic.  Harry and I both felt we needed to act sooner rather than later to strengthen the team and spoke to Nick on the matter who told us he had just the person he wanted to add to the squad.”

“With the transfer deadline drawing nearer, we felt that to wait much longer could have meant playing a big chunk of the Season with only 3 non British trained players, and whilst we sincerely hope Al will be back before the end of the season, at this moment, we cannot be completely sure” said Vito.

Joakim is due to fly into the UK in early January and we are expecting to play his first competitive games on the10th of January.

The Milton Keynes Lightning Players, Staff and Management would like to wish all our Supporters, Sponsors and Friends of MK hockey a Merry Christmas.  With two weeks off until our next game we hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday and we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year. 

Stay tuned for some exciting announcements over the next few days.

And see you at our first home game of the New Year on 3rd January 2009 when we face Bracknell Bee's, face off 7.00pm

MK Lightning faced Slough Jets away on Saturday and then at home on Sunday, unfortunately  no points were picked up by Lightning with 2 losses.

Saturday Slough Jets 5 - 1 MKL

SUnday MKL 3 - 5 SLough Jets