Name Vic Batchelder | Died October 11, 2001 | |
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Vic Batchelder ((1940-08-27)August 27, 1940 – (2001-10-11)October 11, 2001) was a British ice hockey journalist. He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
In September 1981 Batchelder started the ice hockey magazine, Ice Hockey News Review, as a fortnightly publication. He continued to write and edit the magazine until he sold it in September 1999 due to ill-health. However, he continued to write for the magazine until his death from cancer in 2001.
Vic Batchelder was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000 for his services to the sport in the United Kingdom.
In the 2003–04 season, Ice Hockey Journalists UK created the Vic Batchelder Memorial Award which is given at the end of each season to the young British player of the year.