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Milton Keynes Lightning
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| Milton Keynes Lightning | |
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| League | EPIHL |
| Founded | 2002 |
| History | Milton Keynes Kings 1990-2002 Milton Keynes Lightning |
| Arena | Planet Ice Milton Keynes |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| City | Milton Keynes, United Kingdom |
| Team Colours | White, Black & Gold |
| Head coach | Nick Poole |
| Owners | Harry Howton and Vito Rausa |
| Team Captain | Gary Clarke |
The Milton Keynes Lightning are an ice hockey team from Milton Keynes, England. They currently play in the semi-professional English Premier Ice Hockey League (EPL) and have a good record of league success. They are also a founding member of The Elite Ice Hockey League, however have not yet iced a team in that league.
Their home arena is Planet Ice, just to the south of Milton Keynes Central railway station.
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Origins
Founded in 2002, MK Lightning moved into the empty space left by the departure of Milton Keynes Kings. The MK Kings were involved in a dispute with rink owners Planet Ice, which led to the Kings re-locating to Solihull. There they became the Solihull MK Kings for only a few short seasons, this team have now been renamed the Solihull Barons.
Five years of league success
From 2002 to 2006 MK Lightning have won 2 EPL titles and have won the EPL Playoffs 4 times.
2002/2003:
- EPL Playoff Winners
2003/2004:
- EPL Champions
- EPL Playoff Winners
2004/2005:
- EPL Champions
- EPL Playoff Winners
2005/2006:
- EPL Playoff Winners
In November 2006, Milton Keynes Council approved plans to redevelop the arena, recognizing that it was contrary to the Structure Plan but that doing so would secure the long term future of the arena.[1] In January 2007, the Government accepted the Council recommendation to vary the Structure Plan without an enquiry and the developers (Abbeygate) confirmed that the development will begin imminently.[2]. The development will also include a new store for Danish furniture company ILVA as well as other leisure units.
| Goaltenders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Catches | Place of Birth | ||
| 30 |  |
David Wride | L | England | |
| 31 | |
Barry Hollyhead | L | Shrewsbury, England | |
| Defencemen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Place of Birth | |||
| 21 | |
Chris McEwen | L | Reading, England | ||
| 22 | |
Adam Radmall | R | Nottingham, England | ||
| 27 |  |
Mikko Skinnari | L | Varkaus, Finland | ||
| 29 | |
Dan Croft | L | Shrewsbury, England | ||
| 50 | |
Greg Randall | L | Doncaster, England | ||
FORWARDS 6Michael Wales 9
Ales Parez 14
Toni Alasaarela 41
Nick Poole 97
Milton Keynes Thunder are the MK Lightning under-21 development team, or B-team. They use the same arena as MK Lightning but play on alternative dates.
| Preceded by Invicta Dynamos |
EPIHL Playoff Champions 2002 - 2006 |
Succeeded by Bracknell Bees |
| Preceded by Peterborough Phantoms |
EPIHL Champions 2003 - 2005 |
Succeeded by Guildford Flames |
