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I am always looking for more information especially for the 1980-1991 seasons. If you have anything you would like to contribute, please e-mail me at the address below. I would love to re-code the site for mobile devices, but with over 5,000 pages and photos is an undertaking that would be expensive. If anyone has $5,000 to contribute let me know! LOL.

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Latest Additions

Thanks to long-time Buc fan and supporter Kevin Kasel (AKA Sieveman) and Judy Berge for information on the 1988-89 team. Judy had a roster, schedule and scores. - August 2024.

Jamie Adams was in town and his wife Jessica brought a bag full of items to scan. I am busy working on getting this all done. I added the 1990-91 Program, the 1992-93 Program, and a team championship photo to the 1991-92 home page.

1985-86 Team Photo Thanks to Steve Sayovitz for the photo and identification of the players.

1994 USHL National Championship Program Contributed by former Buccaneer Andy Lewis. 68 page PDF (109 MB).

1993-1994 USHL Yearbook Contributed by former Buccaneer Andy Lewis. 52 page PDF (95 MB).

1993-1994 Souvenir Program Contributed by former Buccaneer Andy Lewis. 49 page PDF (75 MB).

1993-1994 Scrapbook Contributed by former Buccaneer Andy Lewis, this 99 page PDF (497 MB) is loaded with newspaper articles, photos, and other information.

1992-1993 Scrapbook Contributed by former Buccaneer Andy Lewis, this 83 page PDF (368 MB) is loaded with newspaper articles, photos, and other information.

2017-2018 Team pages

2000-2001 Souvenir Program
Tonight's Lineups (1/29/93 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4

Trevor Rosen scores the winning goal to give the Bucs the 1994-95 National Championship

1982-1983 Buccaneer Souvenir Yearbook (PDF, 27 MB)

1982-1983 Buccaneer Souvenir Yearbook (PDF, 5 MB)

1988 Buc Reunion Player Listing

1995 Alumni Game Roster

1981-1982 Des Moines Tribune Articles

Thanks to former Buccaneer Mark Smorong (1982-1984) for all the information he has provided. I will be posting the information he has given in the next couple of months. The first addition is the listing from the 1988 Buc Reunion.

Buccaneer fan John Wieland has sent me a stack of Des Moines Tribune articles which are posted here. The photo below is from January 13, 1982.

1982 Bucs

Drewiske, Lewis Lift Stanley Cup

Former Des Moines Buccaneers Davis Drewiske (2003-04) and Trevor Lewis (2004-05, 2005-06) helped the LA Kings win the Stanley Cup over New Jersey on June 11, 2012. Trevor scored 2 goals in the 6-1 victory that won LA the championship.

Bucs lift stanley cup
Former Buccaneers Trevor Lewis and Davis Drewiske celebrate after winning the Stanley Cup.

 About the Archives

The archives went live in 1995 to provide Buccaneer fans, families and relatives of the players access to game scores and other information not readily available anywhere else. It was the first USHL team site and like many sites in the infancy of the web was "unofficial", run by fans without compensation. As the web matured and social media appeared current events information was readily available and the focus of the archives became documenting the early years. I am very grateful for everyone that has contributed and am always looking for more information. ~ Steve Bendy.