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 will play in the new Ralston Arena, opening against the Tri-City Storm on Friday, October 26, 2012.
The 1986-87 Lancer team was 0-46-2, 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.
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“The first dead man on Omaha Beach must be a sailor!”
—Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981)