Jamie Rivers (born March 16, 1975) is a

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professional

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coach, executive and former player. Rivers was most recently the head coach and General Manager of the

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. Rivers played 454 games in the

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(NHL). He last played in Europe for KHL Medveščak. He is Huron First Nations.

Playing career

Rivers was drafted in the third round, 63rd overall by the

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in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Jamie Rivers also has a brother, Shawn, who played for the

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. He has represented Canada at the 2009 Spengler Cup. On November 19, 2009, Rivers returned to Europe after a season in the

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with the

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to join HC Ambri-Piotta of the Swiss

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. In the succeeding

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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

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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, 22-year-old daughter Karson, 19-year-old twin boys Ashton and Braydon, and 14-year-old McKinnon.

Coaching

On September 17, 2012, Rivers was named head coach of the

of the

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

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