Rob

Pitch level right at the back was bearable. Wembley is poor at the best of times but shocking tonight

Incredible game in the second semi final of the NIHL final 4. Leeds Knights played so well but MK Lightning shaded it for me. What a great advertisement for the league! That deserved to be the final but bring on the phantoms! I will have no voice left this time tomorrow!

Let me know if you visit the Thunderdome, I'll buy you a drink :)

Fair write up, didn't realise it was you on the stream! Very fair and balanced punditry, nice one. This weekend is crucial for Lightning - we've been playing some fabulous hockey recently so I hope this weekend is an aberration. As for TJay, I'd sign him in a second, what an addition he'd be to MKL!

Thank you very much! I thought I was going mad and had no replays in the stadium! Oh good, more kicking - just what we need!

So can somebody please help me? Yesterday, in the #WalvIre #SixNations match, it looked like there were at least two in play kicks from Ireland that went into touch that they then took and essentially scored tries from. Did I miss-see or is the your-half-to-beyond-the-22 rule a thing? Help!

What a weekend at the top of the NIHL! Honours even across the Leeds Knights / MK Lightning double header with two great games of hockey. Two points from those games will do fine - another double header next though against Wildcats in a fortnight that could go a long way to defining MK's season.

It clearly can work and anything that makes IH more accessible has my vote. Almost without exception anyone that I can get to a game loves it, it's just getting them there that's tough so accessibility and exposure are key for me. If alignment helps with that I'm on board.

If you want radical ideas why not *get rid* of the cup as it stands and replace it with an extended playoff weekend - the playoffs are an end of season weekend cup tournament right now anyway. I agree that it would change the dynamic - I think I like the different dynamics of league and knockout.

For me the league title is #1 - it's the biggest indicator of performance and achievement for the season. The playoffs are a great end of season party and the cup a different competition but would you really say that last season's NIHL champs were Phantoms, who finished 34 points behind Knights?

I'm not sure we're aligned on the cup and playoffs. I would personally like complete separation of league and cup games. There's a very different atmosphere in knockout games - our (MK Lightning) games against Romford show how these games can upset form and place different pressures on teams.

I like your perspective on Hockey being bigger than perhaps we appreciate, I do think that all sports suffer at the hands of football and it's blanket coverage. I'd love to see one of the mainstream channels actually cover elite league IH in the UK and see how it would land.

Commentary is provided by two men in suits with huge face mics for no obvious reason

And they're all in car parks...

I'm convinced that our cup win last year ruined the rest of the season, the team seemed to lose focus after that. Hopefully going out to Romford will help us focus on the league and playoffs! Not complaining - last year's cup final second leg was absolutely amazing!

Swindon are on a roll though, they're going to be right on our tails as the season continues and have Hull beaten their slump?

Bees were tough to break down at an unusually subdued Thunderdome on Saturday but there's wasn't anything in that performance to suggest that they had the beating of Leeds.

Strange weekend in the NIHL, a 4pt weekend for MK Lightning sees them stay at the top but no points for Leeds Knights? Who saw that coming?

As an MKL supporter I have to agree, they have great home form, great away form and great discipline. Glad you enjoyed it, careful though because ice hockey is dangerously addictive!

Knights are in terrifying form right now, it's going to take a mammoth effort to beat them to the league title!

Another four point weekend for MK Lightning - but the same for Leeds Knights as well.. I make that nine straight wins for them - awesome form! The NIHL is so tight up top!

It's a day to take time out, relax and focus on what's important with your loved ones by your side...

MK LIGHTNING ARE TOP OF THE NIHL AT CHRISTMAS!!

Focusing complete...

Not the way around I'd have expected but I'd have taken a three point weekend for MKL on Friday! Two tremendous games against wildcats, their powerplay is awesome!

On the contrary, I think that di Grassi, with his single year of F1 experience where he failed to score a point, is perfectly qualified to opine on Ferrari's team strategy.
But we're engaging so we've fallen for it!

Wrong platform I know but our family has been sadly affected by this this year and for her birthday my wife is raising money for the Brain Tumour Charity. If any of you feel able to donate we would be eternally grateful x
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As the user base, and fan base, increases I hope that more clubs will post here. Pressure that the SM feeds are curated centrally and distributed to the platforms all at once so they just need to add Bluesky to the rounds... I have found it much more welcoming here albeit much quieter!

I will be singing loud and proud tomorrow night. The quality of hockey we've been treated to this season has, on the whole, been exceptional!

Romford were superb in the second and third, thoroughly deserved winners. Congratulations to them, TJ is annoyingly good! The Romford fans were outstanding as well! Sore heads in Romford this morning, at least I only have a sore throat!

My view was from block 5 - I thought Tim's comments this morning were very fair - he is always open and honest. The officiating was on the whole fair but two dubious penalties, with well taken powerplay goals, completely changed the momentum of the game. Disappointing but hey, we're still top!

It's going to be a feisty one I think but - as a totally partial observer - I'm favouring MK.... Attack is on form and Jordan has had some great games between the pipes recently. I only hope the smaller than expected home crowd make a lot of noise!