{"id":32514,"date":"2019-02-15T12:24:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T12:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=32514"},"modified":"2019-02-15T12:24:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T12:24:21","slug":"cardiff-devils-vs-milton-keynes-lightening-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/15\/cardiff-devils-vs-milton-keynes-lightening-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Devils v Milton Keynes Lightning preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32520 size-medium-grid-size\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Hockey-670x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"500\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32520 size-medium-grid-size\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/Hockey-670x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"500\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nCARDIFF DEVILS face Milton Keynes Lightning twice this weekend &#8211; home and away &#8211; and are looking to bounce back after a 4-3 defeat away to Guildford Flames.<br \/>\nSitting top of the table, the Devils need to capitalise on the weekend\u2019s games against Milton Keynes \u2013 as they face a stern test against second place Belfast Giants next week.<br \/>\nBut with a game in hand going into this weekend\u2019s fixtures, Andrew Lord\u2019s men will be looking for back to back wins against bottom of the league Milton Keynes &#8211; who have suffered a terrible campaign so far.<br \/>\nMilton Keynes will have some optimism going into this weekend however, as they finally ended a 10-match losing run with a 4-3 win against Dundee Stars recently.<br \/>\nThe Devils will be relishing this opportunity with a full line-up available for Andrew Lord to choose from.<br \/>\nBut with a top-of-the-table clash with Belfast on the horizon \u2013 Lord will be looking for an impressive outing against Milton Keynes \u2013 building momentum into next weekend.<br \/>\nA sell-out crowd is expected this Saturday with face-off at 7pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF DEVILS face Milton Keynes Lightning twice this weekend &#8211; home and away &#8211; and are looking to bounce back after a 4-3 defeat away to Guildford Flames. Sitting top of the table, the Devils need to capitalise on the weekend\u2019s games against Milton Keynes \u2013 as they face a stern test against second place Belfast Giants next week. But with a game in hand going into this weekend\u2019s fixtures, Andrew Lord\u2019s men will be looking for back to back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":32520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,113],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-32514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ice-hockey-sport","category-sport","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff Devils v Milton Keynes Lightning preview - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/15\/cardiff-devils-vs-milton-keynes-lightening-preview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff Devils v Milton Keynes Lightning preview - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CARDIFF DEVILS face Milton Keynes Lightning twice this weekend &#8211; home and away &#8211; and are looking to bounce back after a 4-3 defeat away to Guildford Flames. 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