MK Lightning vs Peterborough Phantoms Highlights 28th December 2023

Highlights from the NIHL National League fixture between Milton Keynes Lightning and Peterborough Phantoms on 28th December 2023

[Applause] we’re ready for p TR Thursday night of mil Kings you know what that means let’s play hockey and a face off win there with MCU and Rus coming together though and lightning will look to five is one forward that’s a good B pass there and Phantoms will come forward here oh the

Offside is waved off and Nordstrom nearly gets to it and Griffin will look to tidy that one up and he fires it to Max Stewart and it’s it’s amazing to see this rink for I mean the still fans coming into the building here to try and

Find their seats and not all the seats are complely full but walking around beforehand it’s not in in it’s gone through the fiveo of Jordan Mah I can’t quite tell who it was I think that was Tim Wallace there Tim Wallace with a quick snapshot jordar will not be happy with

Himself there a very early goal for the lightning straight from the face off Fant fa to clear in a quick release from Tim Wallace and Jordan M wasn’t set and it went through the five hole and in the first minute lightning lead through the player coach good retrieval there from

Ferrara to give away there though andon Hammer coming ham through here ham to shot and it’s saved by Jordan Mah Nordstrom will bring this one forward now and will curling there but attempts to play it with his stick M hit it and so had to cover with the glove

There from curling and Herman will Retreat that and now he’s through and there’s an odman Rush here for the lightning Ross fenus is streaming forward it finds fenus back to Herman and a kick safe there from Jordan Mah no it didn’t land on his stick like he

Wanted it to I think it just went beyond him and he tried to use escape to get it under control but good net mining there from Jordan Mar and Hunt gum through and a kick save there and there’s a delay penalty here for on the lightning and uh

We’re going to see the lightning penalty kill unit sladkovsky F trying to find a bit of space but lightning doing a good job so far of trying to keep those shooting lanes blocked good pass there though finds baring in a bit of space still can’t get

Shot through and that’s a rifle good it through though from the Blue Line think there was a deflection in there but a shot from Luke Ferrara which he wasn’t an elite player last season for no reason very patient play from the Phantoms they weren’t panicking despite

It coming towards the end of the power play they were patient they worked for the space in a onetime shot through a lot of traffic beats will curling over the glove side we look to see where that deflection came in luiss now takes this behind the net

Looks to cycle around finds a pass and that’s gone in how did that creep in Ross green with the goal a shot in low I th a how Jordan Mar’s not happy Ferrara and Ma both uh just ask each other what’s happened there there was just a pause there for a

Moment there traffic in front did that go onto the net and the gold is going to stand and well um Phantoms fans Phantom if you’re a Phantoms fan if you’re a lead Knights fan watching you might feel a grieved by that one but the go will stand a goal for Ross

Green that goal’s not should really have counted there and lightning have got away with now he’s a chance for do Lawrence on a break finds it to Venus Venus couldn’t quite get the shot off though and Ne a call on there and uh Phantoms are going to get

Called there and it’s Mitchell King I think who’s going to go to the skip I with three Phantoms for company he’s got not much sport so we’d have to check back and wait to see if he can find a pass decides not to we’ll take the shot

On and that almost trickled in and Mark got something on it then didn’t quite know where there was a here and there’s a break away here now for CIS and a poke check there from will curling Kling waited him out and he had to get it right check there and there’s

A this has opened the game up a bit here now as Martell’s found Herman back to Martelli marelli attempted the backhand pass there but Phantoms will come forward it’s a two on Norton now a two on one with’ only and a good save there from K then it was only Ben solder back

There I don’t know if the pass maybe should have been put on but Phantoms still have it ferar and that’s kicked away by cing only as far as zovsky and Phantoms will come again with Bing Bing now backhand shot almost walked it in and lightning will come away with it and

R Herman now is through he’s one onone got no support looks to go around Tom Norton and good defense from Norton good support there from ruus looks to find Dylan Lawrence his shot couldn’t get past the Phantoms man Spears who blocked it and Lawrence broke

A stick on the play as well ham will look to uh put the pressure on yord Nordstrom so the tallest one of the biggest guys on the ice just got taken out by the uh one of the smallest guys on the ice and uh Rio gr Park making sure to

Leave another hit on sain Anderson as if to say welcome to the National lead Ben Bram nearly got a piece of it but it does find its way to welder and the shot comes through took a big deflection it just goes wider the lightning net aren’t

Able to clear the Zone though so good work there from Bly forp who was also with that GB on the 20 Squad but fenus will come forward now three on two for a quick minute shot far through low and a good save from Jordan M with the stick

Deflects it into the mesh PHS get a change in D man but a good save there from will curing down low and Anderson there a bit of attention on Tim Wallace but lightning able to clear now Wallace will come forward he got gr Park and Liam Stewart

For company pass almost found its way well it was intended for Liam Stewart and that was uh K well Rio par doesn’t need to react to that the penalty I think has already been been Co but n there have a shove on Rio very good block there from Spears

The one without the stick Spears without his stick there playoff style dive to block that Stewart though finds Lawrence finds Tim Wallace now from the face off Circle Wallace looks to take a shot scores the player coach has done it again Tim Wallace with a rifle and it’s

Another penalty kill that’s just not gone the way of phantoms they’re 10th in the league only Sway have a lower percentage of penalty kill Wallace there just picked his spot and fired it through traffic great bit of screening but actually I say great bit of screening for Mor hman there was no screening

There I just with all respect to Bristol they’re probably not likely to get to the uh get to the playoffs and Phantoms you would expect them to make the last eight that’s good play there good play there from C a good poke check there though Tom’s ruus ruus there with

Two-way game faring controls out on the blue line that was a difficult one to handle there but will curling is happy to hold on to that one and green will get another chance to clear it and does so and it gets out the zone and this

Will be enough to uh see the period out so lightning there the uh face off what this gets lucky with the pass and there an odman Rush here Liam Stewart’s through great pass back across and couldn’t quite put it in nearly there for Rio Gren Park and Mar will shoot

Doesn’t get through and Dyan Lawrence will pick up the park scen was looking to try and get down clear in a big open Ice here a good bit of play from the lightning there just to win the Loose Park and Phantom’s player lost an edge and went straight into the

Goal and lightning will bring this one forward and there’s a three on two that’s developed for the lightning pass out to Herman Herman with the shot I think a phantom play just got a piece of it that took the pace off off of it and Mar was able to make the save passes

That back out round finds Griffin Griffin looks to find the pass to Ross Venus but that was well read by B Nordstrom and he’ll come forward he winds up shoots and straight into the body of will curling who holds on to that one for a face off Ben Brown

Calmly brings that one out he finds Liam Stewart Stewart’s now going to go bit of coast to coast backhand shot there from Rio Gren Park he got some power on that one he just couldn’t quite get it on there now Stewart will bring this one forward that’s a three on

Two Stewart finds Venus Venus shoots straight into the body of Mah who covers up for the face off extra space at the back there marelli good pass out wide penus though under a lot of attention there from baring does very well to get away from

His man and that goes in well the puck went in and it has been given the neck came off its Mo rings but I think it crossed the line before it was knocked off and it’s Ross Ross Venus there with the goal it’s another Power Play goal for

Lightning and it’s that Top Line as you said it was actually was fenus that knocked the puck off when he when he came through anyway so and that’s good bat there for the lightning and falls again didn’t go in the do didn’t come on it was in so quick

The light never went on he seemed to celebrate though he was let’s see the behind the goal go I think that’s gone in or has it I can’t I think that’s crossbow very difficult I think I think I think Dave on the uh on the goal judge there did a

Good job there Bara will beat Max Stewart to that one and he passes and he finds B for and for with a great stretch pass to slag kovski some good defense but Phantoms are still there and a safe and will curing B may have to be aware

Of that one as they are the Pu carrier is drawing Defenders into them they to keep that structure a little bit Ferrara great goal what a finish as saying the face off win there and you just give Luke Ferrara a couple of bits of space there great face off

Win from sadovski and rist it there over the stick side of will klin great finish from Luke Ferrara it’s almost out of nowh so both Phantoms goals have had an involvement from Luke Ferrara and uh good bit of play from Rory Herman he didn’t give up on that Park and he tries to

R it’s l Herman’s world and we’re just living in it it’s another he just loves to play behind the net he’s a man that knows what he’s doing he’ll go behind the net he’ll find an acre of space his 25th goal of the Season wrap around through the five hole

52 to lightning pick up a couple of points they are joint at the moment going into this game but Ed’s got 15 points all of them assist comes through and he was hauled down there and now that was probably the easiest penalty K of the night Lawrence is quite happy

Just to uh keep pass over here Venus and Lawrence are through ven Lawrence and he just missed hit it he couldn’t quite connect with it a lot ofgy a loose pass there and that energy from that line is forced the turnover bit of a fan shot but a

Great effort from Toms ruis and lightning are now crashing the net just stop NY and that’s the end of the period 52 to the lightning will it be the lightning that Come Away with the two points and the Four Points in this double header Derby or will the Phantoms

Stage a comeback pressure from Phantoms and I think we probably imagined we’ll see some of this for this period with phant great play by Cory M though M now there a odd man Rush here great pass out wide and a big safe from children Mar

Deny Tom’s Ro kiss it was good play from this first line and Lawrence with a burst of pace as well Lely pass through and Ross Venus almost went face first into the uh crossbar then gets a pass out he’s looking for one of either Lawrence or Venus couldn’t quite find either

Ander will come forward pu goes over the net Venus lovely pass to Rory Herman good good poke check there though from the Phantoms and there come forward now with cenis shot under Ed nags but comfortably saved by Will Kling get set and react and make the save great play

There by roiss through that’s a shot in low and rebound somehow doesn’t go in great initial save there took a Tom ball and then it yeah it the behind the goal cam picked that up perfectly so the the puck was hit it bobbled off of the pad

Onto Jordan marah’s body it bounced off of his jersey and then landed underneath him a little bit of luck there for very lucky but he got something on it look at this just here just trickles over his body hits his arm and then just lies on Liam Stewart will dig this one out

And lightning will look to uh come forward good play there by great pass out there to field field with the shot and comes off of Norton who put a good Blick in and a massive hit there from Tim Wallace and it looks like that k k mccuin is uh being ejected

Here so looks like there’ll be a 5minute penalty here then for good passing here from the Phantoms looking to try and get something set up now this extended power play one thing also foms haven’t conceded any penalties in this in this period though they’ve been very disciplined neither had lightning until

That 5 minute baring shoots that one through it’s trickled in and that’s one goal back for the Phantoms they crashed the net and they just got something on it and it deflected over will curling and exactly what the Phantoms needed they’ve scored in the opening minute of this extended power

Play Just trickled itself in and yeah that’s exactly what Phantoms needed to do though they all count and could they stage a comeback like yesterday this is possible and they’ve still got another four minutes with a man Advantage so lightning have to be really disciplines

Here and again it was a shot that really came from nothing but it just seems to trickle its way in and beat and just beat will curling and now Phantoms are on the face off Jo and they’ll come forward again big hit from Griffin there but he

Leaves the space for and that’s another goal here for the for the Phantoms will welder and like shushing the fans as well the lightning fans have just been stunned in the silence here might and I do also think that I think that all comes from Griffin

As well leaving a little bit too much on that hit it’s a bit of a nervous silence that’s descended on the lightning and lightning ofs had another player go to the simin so there was some frustration there and so it’s now going to be a five on three and for two minutes lightning

And now under a lot of pressure here one by the Phantoms so Phantoms will control the puck and they’ve still got time here 30 seconds on this Twan advantage and then of course when that ends they’ve still got another two minutes on five on four and that’s gone in from

Spear and the five on three and this has been a very costly five minutes penalty from Cory Muran and we’re now at a tie game which two and a half minutes ago we didn’t think was going to be on the cards really and C to the Phantoms power play they’ve

Really they’ve turned it on now turned it on in this yeah so say this couldn’t quite handle the pass the way he wanted but he still got possession lightning now chasing Shadows here and that’s a shot from welen but straight into the body of will curling good oh and Stewart nearly got

The puck onto that but Phantom still have it and wall has a chance to clear and fires it off the boards and lightning to get a couple of skates fresh skaters out on there 1 minute 10 left of this power play for the Phantoms and they’ll come forward again through

Baring lightning need to set back up zosi winds up shot saved there by ging lightning couldn’t quite clear firing again and a glove safe from curling Bry Nordstrom Cycles out around good cycling here for the Phantoms patient build up and a redirect and it just goes wide that could have gone anywhere lightning

Needs to reset back up because they’re a little bit out of position now because they’re both going for the part Nordstrom’s done well to hold off the players great save there from curling but Nordstrom drew two lightning players behind the net there which Drew him out of position good passing here from Phantom

Shot comes in nearly got picked up on and Phantoms couldn’t win the puug back off Lawrence and Lawrence now comes forward he’s on his own at the moment Lawrence shoots rebounds just got tipped away from Ross Venus’s stick looks like another boarding call it was that one

Was on Bly for and lightning just getting back to full strength they’re going to be short-handed again 40 seconds gone on the Ross Venus penalty as ferara goes through and that’s just about saved by Kling and that had so much Pace on it it clears The Zone Phantoms come forward [Applause]

Now fir Fara there looking to get set on that blue line again Rio gr Park out on the penalty kill unit here looking for baring who was on the back stick on mark for a moment baring passes that one in deep good Lawrence gets a piece to that one

Sadovsky will try to get to that one but lightning are just about able to clear the Zone they’ll look to get a line change they do get a skater out in Tom’s ruiss oh that was a bit of a wayward pass from SL kovski riss Ro scores riss scores is

Shorthanded it’s a shorthanded go for lightning the fans in this building are going crazy a lazy turnover from Lucas sadovski Tom’s Ro still has a lot to do but he kept his composure dragged Tom noran fired it low past the six side of Jordan Mah to make

It 65 to the lightning there’s still 33 seconds left on this power play for Phantom so still a lot of kidding to go for the phom have called a timeout timeout for the light for the Phantoms here and credit to the traveling Phantoms fans because they have helped

Make this atmosphere as well and a Faceoff win for the lightning it gets the heart rate going and Phantoms have pulled the goie phant pulled the goie early on they’re going to try and go for second lightning came back to full strength Jordan M went M

Must been what got discussed on the thir time out as soon as it got back to five on five hockey right I did because lightning couldn’t take the pot shots and the penalty kill CU they Ru the icing out now if they try a shot from In

Their Own Zone and it goes wide it’s it’s an icing call so sensible call from coach kokov there Venus is Herman Herman’s trying a long range shot and a Superman diving safe there from Tom Norton and great pressure here from Ross Venus Herman putting the pressure on as well he’s won

The SW on the Pug back with Herman Herman with time Herman shot deflected wide by Mitchell King I think it was going right anyway but it’s come back to Herman Herman empty that goal seven FS of the light they B the gamble Phantoms by pulling the net Miner in backfired and

Rory Herman has surely now secured the two points for the Milton King’s lightning I’ve got work I’ve got to drive back home to Harford sh and I’ve got work in the morning you’re not you’re not sleeping tonight I’m not sleeping tonight no I don’t want to look

At my heart rate for my Apple watch at the moment I just don’t want to look at it so 20 seconds ago roders behind them there and lightning now just looking to kill this one off Stewart now with a chance good bit of defensive work there from

Anderson and Foster there takes it here I don’t think there st’s going to get caught for and the get clock’s going to wind down now with gross green with the Pu in D and this is it for the lightning and a quick save from Jordan Mar That’s All She Wrote