Omaha Lancers

Omaha Lancers
City	Omaha, Nebraska
League	USHL
Division	West
Founded	1986
Home arena	Ralston Arena
Colors	Orange, Black, and Gray
Owner(s)	Ben Robert (President & Managing Partner), John Donovan, Mike Hastings
Head coach	Mike Aikens
Media	KKAR
Franchise history
1986–2002, 2004–present	Omaha Lancers
2002–2004	River City Lancers
Championships
Playoff championships	Anderson Cup (5 times), Clark Cup (7 times league record), U.S. Junior National Champions (2 times)

The Omaha Lancers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the West Division of the United States Hockey League (USHL).

From 2002-2009, the Lancers' home ice was the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha. Until the 2001-2002 season, the Lancers played at the now-demolished Ak-Sar-Ben arena in Omaha. For two seasons (2002–2003 and 2003–2004), the team was known as the River City Lancers. On 5 February 2009, the Lancers announced on its website that they would be moving to the Omaha Civic Auditorium in downtown Omaha. The Omaha Lancers own five Anderson Cup (regular season) and seven Clark Cup (playoff) titles as well as two Junior National Championships.

For the 2012-13 season, the team played in the new Ralston Arena, opening against the Tri-City Storm on Friday, October 26, 2012.

The 1986-87 Lancer team was 0-48-0, as per Lancer website, winless for the entire season and making it into Sports Illustrated for this. Their last two game away series was against the Des Moines Buccaneers during the 1986-87 season. The last game of that year, Sunday, March 4, 1987 almost ended in victory. The teams were tied after regulation. The Lancers almost pulled it out in overtime, only to lose eventually, 3-2, during this cliffhanging battle.

Roster

As of January 10, 2012.

Forwards
#	St/Pr/Co	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	College commitment
2		Ken Babinski	R	5' 10"	180 lbs.	Nov 2, 1992	Midland, Michigan	Ferris State
25		Casey Bailey	R	6' 3"	195 lbs.	Oct 27, 1991	Anchorage, Alaska	Penn State
19		Michael Ferrantino	R	5' 9"	175 lbs.	Jan 1, 1993	Plymouth, Michigan	Michigan State
18		Matthew Gaudreau	L	5' 9"	130 lbs.	Dec 5, 1994	Carneys Point, New Jersey	Boston College
14		Kenny Gillespie	R	6' 0"	200 lbs.	Dec 1, 1993	Fuquay Varina, North Carolina	UMass
23		Greg Gozzo	L	5' 11"	180 lbs.	Jul 13, 1992	Jupiter, Florida	Harvard
9		Anthony Hamburg	R	6' 1"	190 lbs.	Aug 30, 1991	Phoenix, Arizona	RIT
17		Tanner Lane	L	6' 2"	185 lbs.	Aug 13, 1992	Detroit Lakes, Minnesota	Nebraska–Omaha
33		Jonathan Liau	R	5' 10"	175 lbs.	Jan 17, 1992	La Canada Flintridge, California	Princeton
71		Eli Lichtenwald	R	6' 6"	205 lbs.	Jun 9, 1992	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	None
26		Mark Miller	L	5' 11"	180 lbs.	Jul 26, 1992	Massena, New York	RPI
21		Jimmy Murray	L	5' 7"	165 lbs.	Feb 6, 1992	Darien, Illinois	St. Cloud State
10		Dominic Sacco	R	5' 9"	155 lbs.	Jun 8, 1995	Brooklyn, New York	None
29		Max Vallis	L	5' 9"	168 lbs.	Mar 2, 1991	Santa Clara, California	Michigan Tech
11		Nolan Zajac	L	5' 10"	181 lbs.	Aug 1, 1992	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Denver

Defensemen
#	St/Pr/Co	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	College commitment
22		Scott Dornbrock	L	6' 2"	210 lbs.	Oct 13, 1993	Harper Woods, Michigan	None
27		Kenney Morrison	R	6' 2"	190 lbs.	Feb 13, 1992	Lloydminster, Alberta	Western Michigan
5		Victor Newell	L	5' 10"	177 lbs.	Feb 23, 1993	Burnaby, British Columbia	Harvard
6		Ben Ostlie	R	6' 1"	185 lbs.	Apr 2, 1993	Edina, Minnesota	None
24		Vince Pedrie	L	6' 0"	190 lbs.	Jan 17, 1994	Overland Park, Kansas	None
16		Kevin Schulze	L	5' 9"	155 lbs.	Apr 29, 1993	White Bear Lake, Minnesota	Wisconsin

Goaltenders
#	St/Pr/Co	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	College commitment
35		Thatcher Demko	L	6' 3"	170 lbs.	Dec 8, 1995	San Diego, California	None
34		Alex Lyon	L	6' 1"	200 lbs.	Dec 9, 1992	Baudette, Minnesota	Yale

External links

• Omaha Lancers

http://www.lancers.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientID=1996&leagueID=4581&pageid=1223