Claude Larochelle

Claude Larochelle (May 6, 1931 – September 3, 2002) was a Canadian hockey journalist. During his career, Larochelle led a campaign to try and save the Quebec Nordiques franchise and is the only Quebec City journalist in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Career Larochelle began his sports journalism career by founding the magazine Sports Revue and later became a freelance writer at L'Action catholique. He was eventually hired as a sports reporter for the Le Soleil where he led a campaign to try and save the Quebec Nordiques franchise. In spite of this, they worked alongside the first investors and agreed to support Marcel Aubut until 1995. Prior to the WHA General Player Draft, Larochelle, Bédard, and General Manager Marius Fortier worked together to draft a list of Quebecois players who might be willing to play for the inaugural Quebec Nordiques.

On May 21, 1989, Larochelle and Frank Orr were named the recipients of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award, given by the Hockey Hall of Fame "in recognition of distinguished members of the newspaper profession whose words have brought honour to journalism and to hockey." He thus became the only Quebec City journalist to have his name engraved on the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Larochelle died on September 3, 2002, at the age of 71 due to illness.

Selected publications Les Nordiques et le circuit maudit Les Nordiques: 10 Ans De Suspense Les Nordiques, dans la tradition du sport québécois par excellence