Players with Wisconsin Ties & the Omaha Lancers 25-Man Roster

All USHL teams had to trim their roster to 25 players by July 1st, and the Omaha Lancers are the first to release their roster. Included are future Badgers Matt Thurber (2008-09), who played for the Lancers last season, as well as future goaltender Scott Gudmandson (2007-08), who played last season with the Drayton Valley Thunder of the AJHL. There are also a couple of players the Badgers are known to be recruiting on Omaha's 25-man roster, and they include Patrick Kane (2nd semester of 2006-07) who played with the USNTDP last season, as well as Brett Bruneteau (2007-08) who played with the Lancers last season. One player missing from the roster of the Lancers is defenseman Aaron Schmit of Grafton, WI who played for Culver Academy last season. Aaron is going to be a Senior this year, and was taken 154th overall by Omaha.

The Lancers look to have a pretty good roster if they are able to get all of the upper-level players currently on their roster to Omaha for the start of the season.