The 1996-97 roster for the Islanders included Travis Green at center, Bryan Smolinski at left wing, Ziggy Palffy at right wing, Bryan Berard at defenseman and Tommy Salo at goalie.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	LW	5'9"	175	5/20/1971	25	Kungalv, Sweden
2	Dave Archibald D. Archibald	C	6'1"	211	4/14/1969	27	Chilliwack, Canada
3	Derek Armstrong D. Armstrong	C	6'0"	197	4/23/1973	23	Ottawa, Canada
4	Ken Belanger K. Belanger	LW	6'4"	225	5/14/1974	22	Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
5	Bryan Berard B. Berard	D	6'2"	220	3/5/1977	19	Woonsocket, RI
6	Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	RW	6'3"	229	2/2/1975	21	Sudbury, Canada
7	Jarrett Deuling J. Deuling	LW	6'0"	202	3/4/1974	22	Vernon, Canada
8	Mike Donnelly M. Donnelly	LW	5'11"	185	10/10/1963	33	Detroit, MI
9	Jim Dowd J. Dowd	C	6'0"	180	12/25/1968	28	Brick, NJ
10	Eric Fichaud E. Fichaud	G	5'11"	171	11/4/1975	21	Anjou, Canada
11	Corey Foster C. Foster	D	6'3"	204	10/27/1969	27	Ottawa, Canada
12	Travis Green T. Green	C	6'2"	200	12/20/1970	26	Castlegar, Canada
13	Jason Holland J. Holland	D	6'2"	193	4/30/1976	20	Morinville, Canada
14	Doug Houda D. Houda	D	6'2"	208	6/3/1966	30	Blairmore, Canada
15	Brent Hughes B. Hughes	RW	5'11"	195	4/5/1966	30	New Westminster, Canada
16	Andreas Johansson A. Johansson	C	6'0"	203	5/19/1973	23	Hofors, Sweden
17	Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	D	6'3"	205	10/6/1974	22	Angelholm, Sweden
18	Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	D	5'11"	215	10/16/1972	24	Elektrenai, Lithuania
19	Derek King D. King	LW	6'0"	200	2/11/1967	29	Hamilton, Canada
20	Paul Kruse P. Kruse	LW	6'0"	214	3/15/1970	26	Merritt, Canada
21	Scott Lachance S. Lachance	D	6'1"	215	10/22/1972	24	Charlottesville, VA
22	Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	C	5'9"	188	10/11/1968	28	Lachine, Canada
23	Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	D	6'2"	223	6/8/1975	21	St. Catharines, Canada
24	Marty McInnis M. McInnis	C	5'11"	184	6/2/1970	26	Weymouth, MA
25	Dave McLlwain D. McLlwain	C	6'0"	185	6/9/1967	29	Seaforth, Canada