Milton Keynes Thunder

Milton Keynes Thunder
City Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
League NIHL South Division 1
Founded 2001
Home arena Planet Ice Arena Milton Keynes
Colors White, Black & Red
              
General manager England David Fairhurst
Head coach England Lewis Clifford
Captain England Tom Carlon
Affiliates Milton Keynes Lightning
Milton Keynes Storm
Website Milton Keynes Thunder
Franchise history
2001 – present Milton Keynes Thunder
Championships
Regular season titles 0
Playoff championships 0

Milton Keynes Thunder are an ice hockey team from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, currently playing in the National Ice Hockey League South Division 1. The team was founded in 2001 predominantly to provide competitive hockey and further development opportunities for players leaving the Milton Keynes Junior Ice Hockey system. Their home rink is the refurbished and renamed Planet Ice Arena, known locally as the Thunderdome. It has a capacity of circa 2,500.

Club history

Foundation

Founded in 2001, MK Thunder originally shared their home rink with the Milton Keynes Kings. However, the MK Kings were involved in a dispute with rink operators Planet Ice, which led to their relocation to Solihull in May 2002.[1] The space left by the MK Kings was eventually taken by the Milton Keynes Lightning which was formed in 2002.

Position in the Milton Keynes Ice Hockey structure

As the second most senior ice hockey club in Milton Keynes, the MK Thunder have always played in the National Ice Hockey League South Division 1 or its former incarnations (English National League South, English National League South A and English National League South 1). It has been used as a vehicle to further develop Milton Keynes based players and has been a 'feeder' club for the senior hockey club Milton Keynes Lightning. The teams iced by the club have been dominated by local players, supplemented by the occasional import (league rules restrict the use of import players to just two, compared to five in the defunct old second tier EPIHL and eleven in the first tier EIHL). The club also has links with the junior system and provides development opportunities for junior players at the Milton Keynes Storm Club.

Arena redevelopment

In March 2013, Milton Keynes Council approved plans to redevelop the Leisure Plaza after failed attempts in 2006 and 2011. The development of the arena was funded by Morrisons Supermarkets and took 17 months to complete. This forced Thunder to play their home games at a temporary rink sited within the Milton Keynes City Centre in a building vacated by the Supermarket Waitrose. The rink and the MK ICE charity established to operate it was organised by the team's owner and general manager, David Fairhurst. The team returned to the redeveloped rink which had been renamed the "MK Arena" in October 2014.

Club honours

The Milton Keynes Thunder lifted their first silverware when they secured the NIHL South BBO Cup in the 2016-17 season.

Club Roster 2018/2019 Season

Netminders
No. Nat. Player Catches Date of birth Place of birth Acquired
95 England Tom Annetts L 26 June 1987 Reading 2017 from Oxford City Stars
Defencemen
No. Nat. Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth Acquired
2 England Alex Whyte L 23 July 1996 Peterborough 2013 from Peterborough Phantoms
4 England Oliver Stone L 26 July 1998 Swindon 2018 from Swindon Wildcats
8 Canada Trevor Leblanc L 31 March 1992 Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 2018 from Malungs IF(Sweden)
21 England Ross Green R 19 February 1992 Chelmsford 2016 from Milton Keynes Lightning
50 England Greg Randall L 6 December 1978 Doncaster 2016 from Unattached Free Agent
Forwards
No. Nat. Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth Acquired
5 England Jamie Line R 23 January 1990 Luton 2014 from Slough Jets
9 Scotland Grant McPherson R 3 March 1987 Stirling 2017 from Milton Keynes Lightning
14 England Hallden Barnes-Garner R 28 February 1998 Milton Keynes 2017 from Okanagan HC Europe
16 England Michael Stratford L 4 March 1997 Swindon 2018 from Cardiff Fire
17 England Rio Grinell-Parke L 25 February 1999 London 2017 from Bracknell Bees
19 England Lewis English R 3 July 2000 Slough 2018 from Flemingsbergs IK (Sweden)
23 England Tom Carlon R 18 February 1987 Telford 2017 Milton Keynes Lightning
61 England Ross Bowers R 30 July 1985 Luton 2015 from Milton Keynes Lightning
66 Czech Republic Tomas Rubes L 21 March 1996 Carlsbad, Czech Republic 2018 from Toulouse-Blagnac (France)
73 England Gareth O'Flaherty R 18 January 1990 Camberley 2017 from Telford Tigers
94 England Logan Prince R 10 March 1997 Swindon 2017 Bristol Pitbulls
2 Way Players
No. Nat. Player Two Way Club Shoots/Catches Date of birth Place of birth Acquired
11 England Oliver Lord Coventry Blaze R 28 September 2000 Leamington Spa 2017 from Coventry Blaze
32 England Joshua Crane Coventry Blaze R 28 October 1998 Solihull 2017 from Coventry Blaze
35 England Jordan Lawday Cardiff Devils R 28 August 1998 Basingstoke 2018 from Cardiff Fire

Statistical records

Top ten appearances

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Monday 8 October 2018
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons Appearances
1 England Paul Gore 2002–2009 & 2011-2017 335
2 England Sam Fairhurst 2002–2015 inclusive 325
3 England Harrison Goode 2007–2018 inclusive 305
4 England Matthew Roberts 2002–2003, 2004-2014 & 2015-2106 294
5 England Nidal Phillips 2009–2018 inclusive 277
6 England Jamie Randall 2008–2009 & 2010-2017 259
7 England Lewis Clifford 2002–2011 inclusive 240
8 England Tom Mboya 2010–2018 inclusive 232
9 England Mark Woolf 2002–2014 & 2015–2018 230
10 England Paul Jamieson 2002–2011 inclusive 218

Top ten points scorers

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of the end of Monday 8 October 2018
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons Points
1 England Jamie Line 2010-2011 & 2014-2018 201
2 England Harrison Goode 2007-2018 inclusive 194
3 England Ross Bowers 2010-2011 & 2015-2018 192
4 England Jamie Randall 2008-2009 & 2010-2017 141
4 England Tom Mboya 2010–2018 inclusive 141
6 England Connor Goode 2009-2013 & 2014-2018 134
7 England Michael Knights 2003-2006 & 2007-2011 119
8 England Kieron Goody 2002–2011 inclusive 113
8 Northern Ireland Aram Todd 2002–2007 & 2010-2011 113
10 England Paul Jamieson 2002–2011 inclusive 106

Top ten goal scorers

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Monday 8 October 2018
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons Goals
1 England Ross Bowers 2010-2011 & 2015-2018 94
2 England Harrison Goode 2007–2018 inclusive 88
2 England Jamie Line 2010-2011 & 2014-2018 88
4 England Paul Jamieson 2002–2011 inclusive 71
5 England Tom Mboya 2010-2018 inclusive 66
6 England Connor Goode 2009-2013 & 2014-2018 65
7 Slovakia Maros Stefanco 2010-2012 inclusive 51
8 England Michael Knights 2003–2006 & 2007–2011 48
9 Northern Ireland Aram Todd 2002-2007 & 2010-2011 46
9 England Kieron Goody 2002–2011 inclusive 46

Top ten goal assists

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Monday 8 October 2018
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons Assists
1 England Jamie Line 2010-2011 & 2014-2018 113
2 England Harrison Goode 2007-2018 inclusive 106
3 England Ross Bowers 2010–2011 & 2015-2018 98
4 England Jamie Randall 2008–2009 & 2010-2017 97
5 England Tom Mboya 2010-2018 inclusive 75
6 England Michael Knights 2003–2006 & 2007-2011 71
7 England Connor Goode 2009-2013 & 2014-2018 69
8 England Kieron Goody 2002–2011 inclusive 67
8 Northern Ireland Aram Todd 2002–2007 & 2010-2011 67
10 England Lee Featherstone 2002–2008 & 2009-2012 62

Top ten penalty minutes

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Monday 8 October 2018
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons Minutes
1 England Matthew Roberts 2002-2003, 2004-2014 & 2015-2016 1520
2 England Paul Gore 2002–2009 & 2011–2017 932
3 England Lee Featherstone 2003–2008 & 2009-2012 746
4 England Paul Jamieson 2002–2011 inclusive 684
5 England Michael Knights 2003–2006 & 2007-2011 592
6 England James Roberts 2002–2009 inclusive 555
7 England Lewis Clifford 2002–2011 inclusive 464
8 England Harrison Goode 2007–2018 inclusive 322
9 England Kieron Goody 2002–2011 inclusive 320
10 Slovakia Ivan Turan 2006–2008 inclusive 269

Top ten points to game ratio

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Monday 8 October 2018 (Players with under 20 appearances not included)
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons Points/Games Ratio
1 Slovakia Maros Stefanco 2010-2012 inclusive 1.65
2 England Ross Bowers 2010-2011 & 2015-2018 1.47
3 Czech Republic Jakub Klima 2016-2017 1.35
4 Slovakia Michal Lauko 2008–2009 1.32
5 England Jamie Line 2010-2011 & 2014-2018 1.26
6 Poland Piotr Poziomkowski 2013–2015 inclusive 1.18
7 England Mark Krater 2002–2004 & 2005-2008 1.07
8 England Michael Knights 2003–2006 & 2007-2011 1.04
9 England Tom Hurley 2004–2008 inclusive 1.02
10 Latvia Maksims Petruks 2012–2014 inclusive 1.00
10 England Cameron Wynn 2016–2017 1.00

Top ten goals to game ratio

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Monday 8 October 2018 (Players with under 20 appearances not included)
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons Goals/Games Ratio
1 Slovakia Maros Stefanco 2010-2012 inclusive 0.93
2 Czech Republic Jakub Klima 2016-2017 0.79
3 England Jamie Holland 2009–2010 0.74
4 England Ross Bowers 2010-2011 & 2015-2018 0.72
5 Slovakia Michel Lauko 2008-2009 0.64
6 Latvia Maksims Petruks 2012–2014 inclusive 0.57
7 England Jamie Line 2010-2011 & 2014-2018 0.55
8 Poland Piotr Poziomkowski 2013–2015 inclusive 0.55
9 England Josh Nicklin 2008-2010 & 2014-2016 0.53
10 England Tom Hurley 2004-2008 0.52

Top ten assists to game ratio

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Monday 8 October 2018 (Players with under 20 appearances not included)
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons Assists/Games Ratio
1 England Cameron Wynn 2016-2017 0.80
2 England Ross Bowers 2010-2011 & 2015-2018 0.75
3 Slovakia Maros Stefanco 2010-2012 inclusive 0.73
4 England Jamie Line 2010-2011 & 2014-2018 0.71
5 Slovakia Michel Lauko 2008–2009 0.68
6 Poland Piotr Poziomkowski 2013-2015 inclusive 0.63
7 England Michael Knights 2003-2006 & 2007-2011 0.62
8 Czech Republic Jakub Klima 2016-2017 0.56
8 England Mark Krater 2002-2004 & 2005-2008 0.56
10 England Mark Conway 2002-2004 0.55

Top ten penalty minutes to games ratio

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Monday 8 October 2018 (Players with under 20 appearances not included)
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons PIM/Games Ratio
1 Slovakia Ivan Turan 2006-2008 inclusive 7.08
2 England Richard Munnelly 2002–2004 inclusive 5.78
3 England Michael Knights 2003-2006 & 2007-2011 5.19
4 England Matthew Roberts 2002–2003, 2004-2014 & 2015-2016 5.17
5 England Lee Featherstone 2002–2008 & 2009-2012 4.49
6 England James Roberts 2002–2009 inclusive 4.08
7 England Jacob Corson-Heron 2008-2011 inclusive 3.16
8 England Paul Jamieson 2002-2011 inclusive 3.14
9 England Paul Gore 2002–2009 & 2011-2017 2.78
10 Slovakia Kristian Simo 2008-2009 2.52

Top ten save percentages

League, Cup & Play Offs; as of Monday 8 October 2018(Players with under 14 appearances not included)
Player
No. Nat. Player Active Seasons Save Percentage
1 England Damien King 2014-2016 inclusive 92.24
2 Estonia Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 2015–2016 91.20
3 England Tom Annetts 2017-2018 90.54
4 England Allen Sutton 2007-2008 90.46
5 England Denis Bell 2013-2014 88.96
6 England David Wride 2016-2017 88.94
7 England Mark Woolf 2002–2014 & 2015-2018 88.91
8 England Jordan Hedley 2012-2013 88.17
9 England David Cassidy 2010–2014 inclusive 85.61
10 England Kim Taylor 2003-2008 inclusive 81.81

Season-by-season record

Associated teams

References

  1. ↑ "MK Kings live on in Solihull". Milton Keynes Citizen. May 2002.
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