Omaha Lancers Schedule 2026
Nebraska's home for Tier I junior hockey enters its 40th season in 2026-27, and the trophy case still leads the league with seven Clark Cup championships, more than any other USHL franchise. Recent seasons have been a rebuild rather than a victory lap, but the program's history of producing NHL and Division I talent hasn't changed. Fans shopping Omaha Lancers tickets are buying into a franchise with real pedigree, even during a down stretch. Get seats for the Lancers at Event Tickets Center.
The in-state series with Lincoln remains the headline on Omaha's calendar, a rivalry that gets extra weight given the two programs share a state and not much else in the Western Conference. Checking the USHL standings from last season shows a rough year for the Lancers, who finished 19-38-3-2 and missed the playoffs, but the organization still landed the first overall pick in the 2025 USHL Draft and used it on defenseman Thaddeus McMahon. Head coach Ron Fogarty is building around that young core heading into the anniversary season.
Liberty First Credit Union Arena is located in Ralston, a suburb just southwest of downtown Omaha. The arena opened in 2012 and took its current name in a 2022 naming-rights deal, after a decade as Ralston Arena. Two ice sheets and roughly 4,000 hockey seats make it one of the more intimate buildings in the USHL, with sightlines that put fans close to the glass on every level. The venue doubles as home to the Omaha Beef indoor football team, so anyone checking out the Liberty First Credit Union Arena upcoming events will find much more than hockey on the calendar throughout the year.
This season's 62-game schedule opens at home on September 25 against Des Moines, kicking off the 40th anniversary celebration in Ralston. Omaha and Lincoln meet six times this year, split evenly between the two buildings, with three of those games at home. A revamped roster around McMahon gives fans a reason to see whether the rivalry swings back in Omaha's favor after last year's results.
Forty years of history and seven Clark Cups give this program a foundation most of the league can't match, even if the standings haven't caught up recently. A retooled roster around a first-overall pick gives fans a reason to check in early on the anniversary season rather than wait for a turnaround to be obvious. Ralston hockey nights are still some of the most affordable and accessible in the USHL. Grab Lancers tickets at Event Tickets Center.