USHL’s Lancers get two players from NCAA ranks

Two players who began the season in the NCAA have left their respective schools to play for the USHL’s Omaha Lancers, according to HockeyProspect.com.

Forwards Anthony Hamburg (Colgate) and Bryce Johnson (St. Cloud State) joined the Lancers last week and will finish the season in the USHL.

Hamburg, who returns for his second season with the Lancers, registered three assists in seven games at Colgate to start this season after tallying five goals and 22 points in 54 games in Omaha a season ago.

Johnson was pointless in three games at St. Cloud after finishing third among all Topeka RoadRunners (NAHL) in scoring last season with 54 points (19 goals, 35 assists).