 The Knights left Milton Keynes in the summer of 2000, moving to Lea Valley to be based closer to their home arena.The next year in 2001 saw the formation of a new senior ice hockey team, Milton Keynes Thunder to play at the fourth level of English ice hockey, key for local players not good enough to make the step up to the Kings team who had by now moved up to the second tier British National League.The arena in 2001 a second senior ice hockey team, Milton Keynes Thunder, began using the arena as their home venue, all be-it in the lower leagues of British ice hockey.