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Ballou receives ECHL Outstanding Media Award

Ballou receives ECHL Outstanding Media Award

Tuesday, June 12th

The ECHL announced on Tuesday that Bill Ballou, who covers the Worcester Railers for The Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Massachusetts has been selected as the 2017-18 recipient of the ECHL Outstanding Media Award.

The award is determined in a vote of league media members, media relations directors and broadcasters.

“Going into last season I was covering an expansion team in a league I was unfamiliar with, so I had no idea what to expect,” Ballou said. “It turned out to be one of the most enjoyable years I’ve ever had writing about hockey.”

A lifelong resident of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, Ballou graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1970 and has been with The Telegram & Gazette since 1984. He has covered three different pro hockey teams in Worcester, including the IceCats from 1994-2005 and the Sharks from 2006-15, in addition to the Railers. He is a two-time winner of the American Hockey League’s Ellery Award for print journalism. Ballou is also a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America and is in his 32nd season of covering the Boston Red Sox.

ECHL Outstanding Media Award Winners

2017-18 Bill Ballou, The Telegram & Gazette

2016-17 Doyle Woody, Alaska Dispatch News

2015-16 Mark Monroe, The Toledo Blade

2014-15 Blake Sebring, The News-Sentinel

2013-14 Doyle Woody, Anchorage Daily News

2012-13 Andrew Miller, The Post & Courier

2011-12 Christine Troyke, Gwinnett Daily Post

2010-11 Pam Shebest, Kalamazoo Gazette

2009-10 Doyle Woody, Anchorage Daily News

2008-09 Mike Griffith, Bakersfield Californian

2007-08 Cleve Dheensaw, Victoria Times-Colonist and Doyle Woody, Anchorage Daily News