Roanoke Express
The Roanoke Express were an American ice hockey team from Roanoke, Virginia. The team played from 1993 to 2004 in the East Coast Hockey League.
History
The Roanoke Express was founded in 1993 as a franchise of the East Coast Hockey League. Their most successful season graduated from the team in the season 1998/ 99, when they first the Northeast Division completed first before them in the playoffs for the Kelly Cup after a bye and wins over the Dayton Bombers and the Chesapeake Icebreakers only in the fourth round the later -final losers Richmond Renegades in the best- of-seven series was subject to a sweep. Overall, the team was sporting one of the more successful of the ECHL because every time it reached the playoffs in the eleven years of its existence. However, the franchise was disbanded following the 2003/ 04 season due to declining viewership. The gap left by the Roanoke Express in the region, was filled by the Roanoke Valley Vipers, but participating only in the season 2005/ 06 on the game operation of the United Hockey League.
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Known player
- Peter Brearley
- Dan Carlson
- Calvin Elfring
- Vernon Fiddler
- Yevgeny Stepanovich Korolev
- Chris Lipsett
- Oļegs Sorokin
- Jeff Tomlinson
- John Tripp