Omaha Lancers

Omaha Lancers
City	Omaha, Nebraska
League	USHL
Conference	Western
Founded	1986
Home arena	Ralston Arena
Colors	Orange, black, and white
Owner(s)	Crossbar Down, LLC[1]
Head coach	David Wilkie[2]
Media	1290 KOIL (Broadcaster Rob Lippolis)
Franchise history
1986–2002	Omaha Lancers
2002–2004	River City Lancers
2004–present	Omaha Lancers
Championships
Regular season titles	5 Anderson Cups (1989–90, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2004–05 (shared), 2007–08)
Playoff championships	7 Clark Cups (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2008) 2 USA Hockey Junior National Championships (2001, 2008)

The Omaha Lancers are a Tier I junior ice hockey team and are members of the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Founded in 1986, the Lancers play in Ralston, Nebraska, out of Ralston Arena.

The Lancers have claimed a league-record seven Clark Cup championships as playoff champions, five Anderson Cup titles as regular season champions, and two USA Hockey national championships.^[3] In addition, the Lancers have aided in the development of hundreds of NCAA Division I hockey players, National Hockey League (NHL) draft picks, and dozens of NHL players.

Lancers NHL alumni

• Keith Ballard: NCAA University of Minnesota, NHL Phoenix Coyotes (2004–2008), NHL Florida Panthers (2008–2010), NHL Vancouver Canucks (2010–2013), NHL Minnesota Wild (2013–present)
• Ryan Malone: NHL Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–2008), Tampa Bay Lightning (2008–2014), New York Rangers (2014–present)
• Jed Ortmeyer: NHL New York Rangers, Nashville Predators, San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Wild, Florida Panthers
• Trevor Smith: NHL Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Louis Leblanc : NHL Montréal Canadiens, Anaheim Ducks

References

External links

• Omaha Lancers