Emanuel "Manny" Viveiros (born January 8, 1966) is a Canadian-Austrian professional

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coach and former player. He is formerly the head coach of the

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of the

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(WHL), and formerly served as head coach of the

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and

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of the WHL, the

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of the

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(AHL), Klagenfurt AC of the

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(EBEL), and

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of the

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(DEL), as well as an assistant coach for the

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of the

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(NHL). Internationally, Viveiros has served as the head coach of the Austrian national hockey team.

Playing career

As a youth, Viveiros played in the 1979

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with a

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team from St. Albert, Alberta. Viveiros played for the St. Albert Saints and the Prince Albert Raiders in the early- and mid-1980s. He was a member of the

1985 Memorial Cup The 1985 Memorial Cup took place on May 11–18 at the Shawinigan Municipal Auditorium in Shawinigan, Quebec and at Centre Civique in Drummondville, Quebec. It was the 67th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ic ...

-winning Raiders. He played 29 games in the

for the

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. He won the

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in the

in 1991 with the

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. The year after that he signed with the

EC VSV EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV are an ice hockey team in the ICE Hockey League. They play their home games at Stadthalle (capacity approximately 4,500 spectators) in Villach, Austria. The team colors are blue and white. Their mascot is an eagle - Vill ...

in Austria, where he won the national championship in 1992 and 1993. After four seasons with VSV, Viveiros moved through several teams in Austrian, Italian and German leagues, until settling in with Austrian

Klagenfurter AC Klagenfurt Athletic Sports Club or EC KAC () is an Austrian professional ice hockey team in the ICE Hockey League. The team plays their home games in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria at Stadthalle. EC KAC has won the most Austrian ice hockey Cham ...

in 2000, winning two more national championships in 2001 and 2004. Viveiros played in parts of 7 seasons for KAC. Viveiros also obtained Austrian citizenship and played as part of the Austrian national team in 2005.

Coaching career

He switched to coaching after retiring early into the 2006-07 season due to a back injury and took over head coaching duties at

for the 2007-08 campaign. He guided the team to a national championship as a coach in 2009 and to the finals in 2011. However, after a disappointing 2011-12 season Viveiros was removed from his position as head coach, but then was named sports director of the club. He coached the Austrian national team for three years that included the participation at the 2014 Olympic Games. He did not have his contract renewed in April 2014. In 2014, he joined the coaching staff of German team

as an assistant, working under

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. ERC reached the finals of the

that season. Viveiros was promoted to head coach for the following campaign. He was sacked on November 14, 2015, after his team had collected only 17 points from 18 games. Viveiros was formerly the head coach for the

of the

(WHL). On May 25, 2018, he was named as an assistant coach for the

. After one season in Edmonton, he returned to the WHL as head coach of the

. On August 31, 2020, he was brought on as head coach for the

, the AHL affiliate of the

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. After three seasons coaching Henderson, with just one playoff berth, Viveiros and the organization mutually parted ways on April 19, 2023. On August 24, 2023, Viveiros was named head coach of the

, returning to the WHL.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards

* WHL East Second All-Star Team – 1984 & 1985 * WHL East First All-Star Team – 1986

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Viveiros, Emanuel 1966 births Living people Albany Choppers players Austrian ice hockey players Austrian people of Portuguese descent Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent EC Graz players EC KAC players EC VSV players Edmonton Oilers coaches Edmonton Oilers draft picks EHC Lustenau players ESV Kaufbeuren players Ice hockey people from St. Albert, Alberta Minnesota North Stars players Naturalised citizens of Austria Prince Albert Raiders players Schwenninger Wild Wings players Spokane Chiefs coaches Springfield Indians players Swift Current Broncos coaches Vancouver Giants coaches Wiener EV players