MK Lightning climbed to the top of the Planet Ice NIHL National Division after an emphatic four-point weekend.

A 5-4 victory over Raiders IHC on Saturday saw them keep pace with Leeds Knights, who triumphed 5-3 at home to Bees IHC on the same night. However, Lightning make their extra game count over the weekend by putting Raiders to the sword in the reverse fixture in Romford, running out 12-3 winners on Sunday.

Lightning lead the way on 30 points, with the Knights two points further back having played three games fewer.

Peterborough Phantoms missed out on the chance to enjoy another perfect weekend, but they remain in a good position in the table. Having suffered a 4-3 overtime loss to Solway Sharks, the Phantoms responded on Sunday with a 6-3 victory on the road at Hull Seahawks, who lost ground on the top three.

Telford Tigers also slipped up on a home soil, falling to a 4-1 defeat to Swindon Wildcats.

It was a difficult weekend for Bees IHC, who followed up Saturday’s defeat at Planet Ice Leeds with a surprise 6-0 defeat to Bristol Pitbulls on home soil.

The Pitbulls started the weekend with a 6-2 victory over Sheffield Steeldogs, but despite winning 2/2, they remain a point adrift at the bottom of the NIHL standings.

The Steeldogs did manage to bounce back from Saturday’s loss, however, as they toppled Solway Sharks 3-2 the next day.

Full results for the weekend’s NIHL action can be found below. Thanks to our friends at NIHL Stats, you can also check out the latest WNIHL and junior league results.

NIHL National Division –

Sat 25th Nov Bristol Pitbulls 6-2 Sheffield Steeldogs L
Sat 25th Nov Leeds Knights 5-3 Bees IHC L
Sat 25th Nov Milton Keynes Lightning 5-4 Raiders IHC L
Sat 25th Nov Solway Sharks 4-3 (OT) Peterborough Phantoms L/C
Sun 26th Nov Bees IHC 0-6 Bristol Pitbulls L/C
Sun 26th Nov Hull Seahawks 3-6 Peterborough Phantoms L
Sun 26th Nov Raiders IHC 3-12 Milton Keynes Lightning L/C
Sun 26th Nov Sheffield Steeldogs 3-2 Solway Sharks L
Sun 26th Nov Telford Tigers 1-4 Swindon Wildcats L/C

NIHL North 1 (Moralee) –

Sat 25th Nov Billingham Stars 7-1 Nottingham Lions L/C
Sat 25th Nov Blackburn Hawks 5-1 Whitley Warriors L/C
Sat 25th Nov Hull Jets 3-6 Solihull Barons L/C
Sat 25th Nov Sheffield Scimitars 2-5 Deeside Dragons L/C
Sun 26th Nov Billingham Stars 12-2 Widnes Wild L/C
Sun 26th Nov Deeside Dragons 3-6 Blackburn Hawks L/C
Sun 26th Nov Solihull Barons 8-1 Sheffield Scimitars L/C
Sun 26th Nov Whitley Warriors 8-3 Nottingham Lions L

NIHL South 1 (Britton) –

Sat 25th Nov Invicta Dynamos 7-1 Milton Keynes Thunder L/C
Sat 25th Nov Slough Jets 5-2 Solent Devils L/C
Sat 25th Nov Streatham Redhawks 7-5 Romford Buccaneers L/C
Sun 26th Nov Chelmsford Chieftains 11-1 Oxford City Stars L

NIHL North 2 (Laidler) –

Sat 25th Nov Altrincham Aces 2-8 Sutton Sting L
Sat 25th Nov Kingston Sharks 5-7 Bradford Bulldogs L/C
Sat 25th Nov Sheffield Titans 4-5 (OT) Coventry NIHL Blaze L/C
Sun 26th Nov Bradford Bulldogs 3-2 Altrincham Aces L/C
Sun 26th Nov Coventry NIHL Blaze 4-3 Kingston Sharks L/C
Sun 26th Nov Nottingham Lions NIHL 2 0-7 Billingham Buccaneers L/C
Sun 26th Nov Sutton Sting 5-2 Sheffield Titans L/C

NIHL South 2 (Wilkinson) –

Sat 25th Nov Basingstoke Buffalo 6-1 Cardiff Fire L/C
Sat 25th Nov Guildford Phoenix 5-2 Peterborough Phantoms NIHL 2 L
Sat 25th Nov Haringey Huskies 12-0 Streatham Black Hawks L/C
Sat 25th Nov Lee Valley Lions 0-6 Invicta Mustangs L/C
Sat 25th Nov Oxford Rising Stars 2-7 Bristol Pitbulls NIHL 2 L/C
Sun 26th Nov Oxford Rising Stars 2-6 Cardiff Fire L/C
Sun 26th Nov Solent Junior Devils 3-2 Haringey Huskies L

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