Jamie Rivers

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Jamie Rivers
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Born (1975-03-16) March 16, 1975 (age 48)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for St. Louis Blues
New York Islanders
Ottawa Senators
Boston Bruins
Florida Panthers
Detroit Red Wings
Phoenix Coyotes
Spartak Moscow
HC Ambri-Piotta
KHL Medveščak
NHL Draft 63rd overall, 1993
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 1995–2011

Jamie Rivers (born March 16, 1975) is a Canadian professional broadcaster and former professional ice hockey coach, executive and former player. He currently serves as the color commentator for St. Louis Blues broadcasts on Bally Sports Midwest, as well as a co-host on the 101 ESPN St. Louis radio program The Fast Lane . Rivers was the head coach and General Manager of the Central Hockey League's St. Charles Chill. Rivers played 454 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He last played in Europe for KHL Medveščak. He is Huron First Nations. [1]

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Playing career

Rivers during his stint at KHL Medvescak Jamie Rivers 122010.jpg
Rivers during his stint at KHL Medveščak

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. [2]

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. [3] 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, 22-year-old daughter Karson, 19-year-old twin boys Ashton and Braydon, and 14-year-old McKinnon. [4] [5]

Post-playing career

On September 17, 2012, Rivers was named head coach of the St. Charles Chill of the Central Hockey League. [6] [7] The team played for one season, 2013-2014, before ceasing operations.

On August 16, 2023, he was promoted as their color commentator for St. Louis Blues broadcasts on Bally Sports Midwest. Previously, he served as a studio analyst and fill-in color commentator for Darren Pang, a role he shared with Bernie Federko, in select games. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Rivers is a co-host on the 101 ESPN St. Louis radio program The Fast Lane, with Anthony Stalter and Super Bowl Champion Carey Davis.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1990–91 Ottawa Jr. Senators CJHL 444303474—————
1991–92 Sudbury Wolves OHL 55313162080000
1992–93 Sudbury WolvesOHL621243552014719264
1993–94 Sudbury WolvesOHL6532891215810191014
1994–95 Sudbury WolvesOHL469566530187263322
1995–96 Worcester IceCats AHL 757455213040114
1995–96 St. Louis Blues NHL 30002—————
1996–97 Worcester IceCatsAHL638354383512314
1996–97 St. Louis BluesNHL152576—————
1997–98 St. Louis BluesNHL5924636—————
1998–99 St. Louis BluesNHL762574791122
1999–2000 New York Islanders NHL751161784—————
2000–01 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 20002—————
2000–01 Ottawa Senators NHL452464410004
2001–02 Ottawa SenatorsNHL20004—————
2001–02 Boston Bruins NHL644264530000
2002–03 Florida Panthers NHL10002—————
2002–03 San Antonio Rampage AHL506192568301110
2003–04 Grand Rapids GriffinsAHL20004—————
2003–04 Detroit Red Wings NHL503474120002
2004–05 Hershey Bears AHL507132046—————
2005–06 Detroit Red WingsNHL1501112—————
2005–06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL1805526—————
2006–07 St. Louis BluesNHL3113436—————
2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL304192324—————
2007–08 Spartak Moscow RSL 190334240008
2008–09 Chicago Wolves AHL694242872—————
2009–10 HC Ambrì–Piotta NLA 2408834—————
2010–11 KHL Medveščak EBEL 1418937—————
AHL totals339361551914271214528
NHL totals454174966385151128

International

Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Red Deer
YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
1995 Canada WJC Gold medal icon.svg73362
Junior totals73362

Awards and honours

AwardYearNotes
OHL
First All-Star Team 1993–94
Max Kaminsky Trophy 1993–94 [2]
CHL Second All-Star Team1993–94
Second All-Star Team 1994–95
AHL
Second All-Star Team 1996–97

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  2. 1 2 "Former team Canada and World Junior Star signs with Ambri-Piotta" (in French). HC Ambri-Piotta. 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2010-04-02.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Rivers remains with Bears" (in Croatian). KHL Medveščak. 2010-12-16. Archived from the original on 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  4. ↑ Strickland, Andy (2011-02-07). "Former NHL D-man nearly loses life playing overseas". TrueHockey.com. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  5. ↑ Leeson, Ben (December 4, 2014). "Rivers looks back fondly on time in Sudbury" . Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ "St. Charles Chill Introduce Jamie Rivers as Head Coach". CentralHockeyLeague.com. Central Hockey League. September 17, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  7. ↑ RUTHERFORD, JEREMY (2012-09-18). "Rivers named head coach of St. Charles Chill". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  8. ↑ Rutherford, Jeremy. "Jamie Rivers named new Blues' TV color analyst: 'I'm not going to try to be Darren Pang'". The Athletic. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  9. ↑ Clancy, Sam (August 16, 2023). "Jamie Rivers named lead TV analyst for Blues TV broadcasts, replacing Darren Pang". ksdk.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  10. ↑ Caesar, Dan (2023-08-16). "Jamie Rivers to replace Darren Pang on Bally Sports Midwest's Blues telecasts this season". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
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