Shot Left Role Ice hockey player Position Defenseman Name Jamie Rivers Career start 1995 | Playing career Weight 86 kg National team Canada Height 1.83 m Shoots Left-handed | |
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Born March 16, 1975 (age 49)
Ottawa, ON, CAN ( 1975-03-16 ) NHL Draft 63rd overall, 1993
St. Louis Blues Played for St. Louis Blues, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators Profiles | ||
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Jamie Rivers (born March 16, 1975) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, executive and former player. Rivers was most recently the head coach and General Manager of the Central Hockey League's St. Charles Chill. Rivers played 469 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He last played in Europe for KHL Medveščak.
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- Playing career
- Coaching
- References
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Playing career
Rivers was drafted in the third round, 63rd overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Jamie Rivers also has a brother, Shawn, who played for the Tampa Bay Lightning. He has represented Canada at the 2009 Spengler Cup.
On November 19, 2009, Rivers returned to Europe after a season in the American Hockey League with the Chicago Wolves to join HC Ambri-Piotta of the Swiss National League A.
In the succeeding 2010–11 season, Rivers remained in Europe and following a trial signed with KHL Medveščak, at the time a member of the Austrian Hockey League, on December 16, 2010. During his 14th game with Medveščak, Rivers suffered a ruptured spleen after completing a check. After initially going undiagnosed, a few days later Rivers was rushed to hospital and underwent emergency surgery. Suffering a large amount of internal bleeding, Rivers' heart stopped before he was electronically defibrillated back to life. Rivers was ruled out for the remainder of the season and returned to St. Louis, where he now lives with his wife Shannon, 13-year-old daughter Karson, 10-year-old twin boys Ashton and Braydon, and 5-year-old McKinnon.
Coaching
On September 17, 2012, Rivers was named head coach of the St. Charles Chill of the Central Hockey League.
