Record: 38-26-6 – Lost in Round 1 of the playoffs
Coach: Frank Anzalone
1996-1997 Roanoke Express Regular Season Player Stats
| Player | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jeff Jablonski | 68 | 52 | 44 | 96 | 30 |
 Ilya Dubkov | 53 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 44 |
 Tim Christian | 68 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 35 |
 Chris Lipsett | 70 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 40 |
 Jeff Loder | 54 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 53 |
 Michael Smith | 57 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 25 |
 Dave Stewart | 57 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 168 |
 Jeff Cowan | 47 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 42 |
 Eric Landry | 46 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 130 |
 Duane Harmer | 70 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 122 |
 Wayne Strachan | 25 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 23 |
 Bobby Brown | 39 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 61 |
 Matt O’Dette | 69 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 139 |
 Sean Brown | 68 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 148 |
 Ryan Equale | 39 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
 J.F. Tremblay | 36 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 140 |
 Doug Searle | 70 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 102 |
| Kyle Millar | 11 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 |
 Cory Peterson | 30 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 44 |
 Dave Gagnon | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Dan Tompkins | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Valeriy Svoboda | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Todd MacIsaac | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
 Chris DeProfio | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Jason Smith | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| Bryan Cossette | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Salhany | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oleg Sorokin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Larry Moberg | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Carmichael | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Holowatiuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sylvain Careau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Wismer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996-1997 Roanoke Express Regular Season Goalie Stats
| Player | GPI | W | L | T | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gagnon | 60 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 3 |
| Larry Moberg | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Carmichael | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Taylor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sylvain Careau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996-1997 Roanoke Express Playoff Player Stats
| Player | GP | G | A | P | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Loder | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Eric Landry | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| Jeff Jablonski | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Duane Harmer | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Ilya Dubkov | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Chris Lipsett | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Tim Christian | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J.F. Tremblay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Doug Searle | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Gagnon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Stewart | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cory Peterson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Carmichael | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd MacIsaac | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bryan Cossette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt O’Dette | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ryan Equale | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1996-1997 Roanoke Express Playoff Goalie Stats
| Player | GPI | W | L | OTL | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Gagnon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Carmichael | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |