Jeff Batters

Jeff Batters
Date of birth	October 23, 1970
place of birth	Victoria , British Columbia , Canada
date of death	23rd August 1996
Place of death	near Banff , Alberta , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 7th lap, 135th position St. Louis Blues
Career stations
1987-1988	Notre Dame Hounds
1988-1992	University of Alaska Anchorage
1992-1995	Peoria Rivermen
1995-1996	Kansas City Blades

Jeffrey William Batters (born October 23, 1970 in Victoria , British Columbia , † August 23, 1996 near Banff , Alberta ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 16 games for the St. Louis Blues in the course of his playing career between 1988 and 1996 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Mostly Batters, who died of a traffic accident at the age of 25, played in the International Hockey League .

Career

Batters spent part of his junior career until 1988 with the Notre Dame Hounds in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League , with whom he won both the Credential Cup of the SJHL and the Centennial Cup of the Canadian Junior Hockey League . Rod Brind'Amour , Scott Pellerin and Dwayne Norris also played in the team at the time . From the Hounds, the defender moved to the University of Alaska Anchorage in the summer of 1988 , for which he took part in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations as a conference-independent team for the next four years, parallel to his studies for the university team .

During his time at university, Batters was selected in the seventh round in the seventh round in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in 135th place by the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League , which finally brought him to their farm team at the time , the Peoria Rivermen , from the International Hockey League . The defender spent the following three years in the Peorias team, but was also able to recommend himself for the NHL squad of the Blues with his performances there, so that between 1993 and 1995 he made 16 appearances for St. Louis. After his contract expired at the end of the 1994/95 season , the Canadian moved to the San Jose Sharks as a free agent in September 1995 . The Sharks also used Batters in the IHL, where he ran into their Kansas City Blades farm team. With 34 scorer points , he significantly improved his previous record in the course of the season and even received an invitation from the Canadian national team to take part in the 1996 World Cup in Austria .

In August 1996 - during the summer break, the NHL - Batters was near Banff in the province of Alberta involved in a traffic accident when he was working there at a youth camp for hockey players. He died at the age of 25 as a result of the accident.

Achievements and Awards

• 1988 Credential Cup win with the Notre Dame Hounds
• 1988 Centennial Cup win with the Notre Dame Hounds

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1988/89	University of Alaska Anchorage	NCAA		33	8th	14th	22nd	123
1989/90	University of Alaska Anchorage	NCAA		34	6th	9	15th	102
1990/91	University of Alaska Anchorage	NCAA		39	16	14th	30th	90
1991/92	University of Alaska Anchorage	NCAA		33	6th	16	22nd	84
1992/93	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		74	5	18th	23	113		4th	0	0	0	10
1993/94	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		59	3	9	12	175		6th	0	0	0	18th
1993/94	St. Louis Blues	NHL		6th	0	0	0	7th		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		42	0	11	11	128		5	0	1	1	18th
1994/95	St. Louis Blues	NHL		10	0	0	0	21st		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Kansas City Blades	IHL		77	5	29	34	223		5	0	1	1	12
NCAA overall				140	36	54	90	401
IHL total				252	13	67	80	639		20th	0	2	2	58
NHL overall				16	0	0	0	28		-	-	-	-	-

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Jeff Batters at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Jeff Batters at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Joe Pelletier: Jeff Batters. greatesthockeylegends.com, November 25, 2015, accessed August 31, 2018 .