OMAHA (10-27-2-2) @ DES MOINES (15-18-3-4) Friday, Feb. 6, 7:05 p.m. CST
vs. DES MOINES Saturday, Feb. 7, 6:05 p.m. CST
Lancers And The Bucs Play A Home-And-Home On Pivotal Weekend: The Lancers look to snap their six-game skid and move up the standings closer to the Buccaneers, who hold the final playoff spot in the Western Conference standings… Omaha has split its first two matchups of the season with Des Moines, with both games being determined beyond regulation... The Lancers won in a shootout, 3-2, Dec. 6 at home before falling at Liberty First Credit Union Arena, 4-3, in overtime Jan. 16...
Turnovers Are Coming Back To Haunt Omaha: The Omaha Lancers are coming off a tough weekend in the capital city of Wisconsin after losing 5-2 the first night, followed by a 6-2 loss the second night… Of Madison's 11 total tallies against the Lancers last weekend, 6 of them were off of Omaha turnovers… Two of those turnovers came in the neutral zone, one of them came in the offensive zone, and 3 of them came in their own d-zone…
There's No Place Like Home: It's no mystery; the Lancers have been much better on home ice this season… Fifteen of their 24 standings points have been obtained at Liberty First Credit Union Arena… Just 7 standings points have been obtained in true road games this season… The Lancers' current six-game losing streak (0-5-1-0) has come in four road games and two home games against two red-hot teams (Des Moines and Tri-City) …
Lancers And Buccaneers Collide In An Old-Time Rivalry: The Lancers open up their 40th February in franchise history this weekend… Omaha holds an all-time record of 210-135-20-12 in it… Head-to-head with Des Moines, the Lancers hold a 19-13-0-2 all-time record in February… Coming into this weekend, the Buccaneers are at the top of the league in fewest goals against in the third period of play (34) … Des Moines has also faced the fewest shots against (986) in the USHL...
Lancers To Watch: Ryan Aaronson broke his 25-game goal-scoring drought last weekend against the Madison Capitols… The Harvard commit also added on an apple the following night against the Caps… The newest Lancer Ferry Netusil was problematic for the Buccaneers back on December 27th… The future Western Michigan Bronco recorded a 'Gordie Howe Hat Trick' against the Bucs, and will certainly look to pick up where he left off just over a month ago…
Buccaneers To Watch: Defenseman Ryland Randle is tied for second among USHL defensemen with 8 goals... The Lancers have given up 25 goals to opposing d-men so far this season, which is second most in the USHL… Goaltender Alan Lendak is no stranger to the Omaha Lancers… The Nitra, Slovakia native is on his second team in his second USHL season… The ex-Fargo Force netminder has a career record of 5-1-0-0 against the Lancers…
