The 1996-97 roster for the Canucks included Mike Ridley at center, Alexander Mogilny at left wing, Pavel Bure at right wing, Jyrki Lumme at defenseman and Kirk McLean at goalie.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Adrian Aucoin A. Aucoin	D	6'2"	215	7/3/1973	23	Ottawa, Canada
2	Dave Babych D. Babych	D	6'1"	225	5/23/1961	35	Edmonton, Canada
3	Lonny Bohonos L. Bohonos	RW	5'11"	200	5/20/1973	23	Winnipeg, Canada
4	Donald Brashear D. Brashear	LW	6'3"	237	1/7/1972	25	Bedford, IN
5	Pavel Bure P. Bure	RW	5'11"	191	3/31/1971	25	Moscow, Russia
6	Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	RW	5'11"	185	6/2/1965	31	Duncan, Canada
7	Larry Courville L. Courville	LW	6'1"	180	4/2/1975	21	Timmins, Canada
8	Troy Crowder T. Crowder	RW	6'4"	220	5/3/1968	28	Sudbury, Canada
9	Jassen Cullimore J. Cullimore	D	6'5"	235	12/4/1972	24	Simcoe, Canada
10	Mike Fountain M. Fountain	G	6'0"	176	1/26/1972	25	North York, Canada
11	Martin Gelinas M. Gelinas	LW	5'11"	202	6/5/1970	26	Shawinigan, Canada
12	Bret Hedican B. Hedican	D	6'2"	210	8/10/1970	26	St. Paul, MN
13	Corey Hirsch C. Hirsch	G	5'10"	170	7/1/1972	24	Medicine Hat, Canada
14	Chris Joseph C. Joseph	D	6'2"	211	9/10/1969	27	Burnaby, Canada
15	Frantisek Kucera F. Kucera	D	6'2"	215	2/3/1968	28	Prague, Czech Republic
16	Trevor Linden T. Linden	C	6'4"	220	4/11/1970	26	Medicine Hat, Canada
17	Jyrki Lumme J. Lumme	D	6'1"	210	7/16/1966	30	Tampere, Finland
18	Kirk McLean K. McLean	G	6'0"	182	6/26/1966	30	Willowdale, Canada
19	Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	LW	6'0"	210	2/18/1969	27	Khabarovsk, Russia
20	Dana Murzyn D. Murzyn	D	6'2"	208	12/9/1966	30	Calgary, Canada
21	Jevgeni Namestnikov J. Namestnikov	D	5'11"	193	10/9/1971	25	Novgorod, Russia
22	Markus Naslund M. Naslund	LW	6'0"	191	7/30/1973	23	Ornskoldsvik, Sweden
23	Sergei Nemchinov S. Nemchinov	C	6'1"	205	1/14/1964	33	Moscow, Russia
24	Brian Noonan B. Noonan	RW	6'1"	200	5/29/1965	31	Boston, MA
25	Gino Odjick G. Odjick	RW	6'3"	224	9/7/1970	26	Maniwaki, Canada