Roanoke Express

Roanoke Express
founding	1993
resolution	2004
history	Roanoke Express 1993-2004
Stadion	Roanoke Civic Center
Location	Roanoke , Virginia
Team colors	black White Red
league	East Coast Hockey League
Kelly Cups	no

The Roanoke Express were an American ice hockey team from Roanoke , Virginia . The team played in the East Coast Hockey League from 1993 to 2004 .

history

The Roanoke Express was founded in 1993 as a franchise of the East Coast Hockey League . The team's most successful season was in the 1998/99 season, when they first completed the Northeast Division first, before they only entered the playoffs for the Kelly Cup after a bye and victories over the Dayton Bombers and the Chesapeake Icebreakers in the fourth round the later final loser Richmond Renegades in the best-of-seven series with a sweep was defeated. Overall, the team was one of the ECHL's more successful athletes, as it reached the playoffs every time in the eleven years of its existence. Nevertheless, the franchise was dissolved following the 2003/04 season due to falling audience numbers. The gap left by the Roanoke Express in the region was filled by the Roanoke Valley Vipers , who only took part in the United Hockey League's game operations in the 2005/06 season .

Team records

Career records

Games: 313 Mike Peron

Goals: 100 Tim Christian

Assists: 189 Michael Smith

Points: 286 Ilja Dubkov

Penalty Minutes: 958 Jason Clarke

Known players

• Peter Brearley
• Dan Carlson
• Calvin Elfring
• Vernon Fiddler
• Yevgeny Stepanowitsch Korolev
• Chris Lipsett
• Oļegs Sorokins
• Jeff Tomlinson
• John Tripp

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Roanoke Express
• The Internet Hockey Database - Roanoke Express Player List