David Lance Roberts (born May 28, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey forward.

He is the son of former NHL player Doug Roberts.

As a youth growing up in Old Lyme, Connecticut, Roberts played in the 1981, 1982 and 1983 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Middlesex County, Connecticut.

Roberts started his NHL career with the St. Louis Blues in 1994 after playing for the US national hockey team in the 1994 Winter Olympics.

[4] He also played for the Syracuse Crunch (AHL), Worcester IceCats (AHL), Peoria Rivermen (IHL), Michigan K-Wings (IHL), Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL), Eisbären Berlin in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga, and EV Zug in Switzerland's Nationalliga A.