OMAHA (1-1-0-0, 2 PTS) vs. DES MOINES (2-0-0-0, 4 PTS) Friday, Sept. 25 7:05 p.m. CDT Liberty First Credit Union Arena
OMAHA vs. DES MOINES Saturday, Sept. 26 6:05 p.m. CDT Liberty First Credit Union Arena
The Lancers: Scored 8 goals total in the Fall Classic… It's the most goals scored in the Fall Classic in franchise history… Are second in the league with 71 shots on goal… Went 6-3-1 when outshooting opponents last season... Went 1-3-1-0 against Des Moines last season… Are 112-101-14-7 all-time in regular-season play against the Bucs… Are 72-44-9-5 when registering 30 shots or more against the Buccaneers…
The Buccaneers: Went 2-0-0-0 last weekend in the Fall Classic… Are one of only three teams to have not given up a first-period goal through the first two games of the season… Lead the league in second-period goals scored (6) … Outscored their opponents 11-4 at the Fall Classic… Went 27-27-4-4 (62 points) to finish fourth in the Western Conference last season... Reached the Clark Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2023... Lost in three games to Lincoln in the first round...
First USHL Goals: Three different newcomers to the Lancers scored their first USHL goals in their first weekend with the team... Edgar Viskantas, Mason Noble and Rylan Bydal all struck over the weekend... Viskantas scored his first USHL game Saturday vs. Chicago before Noble and Bydal both lit the lamp against Madison... Noble became the first and only Lancer defenseman so far to score a goal this season... Bydal tied for the team lead with 3 points (1+2) over the weekend...
Home Openers: The Lancers are 21-15-2-2 all time in their first home game of the regular season... Omaha dropped last season's home opener, 4-3, vs. Sioux Falls... This is the first time that the Lancers have faced the Buccaneers in a home opener since Oct. 9, 2015, a 3-2 Lancers win in overtime... Omaha has faced Des Moines in a home opener five other times, including in the first game in Lancers history Oct. 3, 1986, and is 3-3 vs. the Buccaneers... The Lancers hosted the Buccaneers in a home opener for four consecutive seasons from 1992-95 and split the four games...
Lancers To Watch: Yegor Kim registered two goals in Saturday night's game against Chicago… Kim followed that up with a primary helper the following evening against the Madison Capitols… Caine Bickel was held scoreless at the Fall Classic… However, Bickel notched at least one point in each of his preseason games, including a goal against Des Moines…
Buccaneers To Watch: Mason Jenson registered a hat trick last Thursday night against Youngstown… The former Tri-City Storm forward had an additional goal the previous night against the Muskegon Lumberjacks… Joey Argentina is off to a fast start after amassing 6 points (2+4) last week in the Fall Classic… Argentina racked up 4 points (3+1) last season against the Lancers…
