Jeff Batters

Jeffrey William Batters (October 23, 1970 – August 23, 1996) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 16 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues, from 1993 until 1995.

Biography Batters attended high school at the Athol Murry College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan where he played for the Notre Dame Hounds. His midget AAA hockey team took 2nd place in the Air Canada Cup (the national midget AAA finals) in 1987. His high school teammates included future NHLers Rod Brind'Amour and Scott Pellerin (the 1992 Hobey Baker Award winner).

Batters signed as a free agent with the San Jose Sharks in September 1995. He spent the entire 1995–96 season with the Kansas City Blades where he amassed 223 penalty minutes in 77 games. He died at age 26 as one of two fatalities after a pickup truck he was a passenger in, drifted off the highway and tumbled into a ditch near Banff, Alberta on August 23, 1996.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 58 5 20 25 167 — — — — — 1988–89 University of Alaska-Anchorage NCAA 33 8 14 22 123 — — — — — 1989–90 University of Alaska-Anchorage NCAA 34 6 9 15 102 — — — — — 1990–91 University of Alaska-Anchorage NCAA 39 16 14 30 90 — — — — — 1991–92 University of Alaska-Anchorage NCAA 34 6 17 23 86 — — — — — 1992–93 Peoria Rivermen IHL 74 5 18 23 113 4 0 0 0 10 1993–94 St. Louis Blues NHL 6 0 0 0 7 — — — — — 1993–94 Peoria Rivermen IHL 59 3 9 12 175 6 0 0 0 18 1994–95 St. Louis Blues NHL 10 0 0 0 21 — — — — — 1994–95 Peoria Rivermen IHL 42 0 11 11 128 5 0 1 1 18 1995–96 Kansas City Blades IHL 77 5 29 34 223 5 0 1 1 12 IHL totals 252 13 67 80 639 20 0 2 2 58 NHL totals 16 0 0 0 28 — — — — —