Jamie Rivers

{{for|the American football player of the same name|Jamie Rivers (American football)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 206

| ntl_team =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|3|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1995

| career_end = 2011

| draft = 63rd overall

| draft_year = 1993

| draft_team = St. Louis Blues

| image = Jamierivers2013chill.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| 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

}}

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 [https://www.101espn.com 101 ESPN] St. Louis radio program [https://www.101espn.com/shows/the-fast-lane/ 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.{{Cite web|url=https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/national-hockey-league-embraces-aboriginals/|title=National Hockey League embraces aboriginals - Indian Country Media Network|website=indiancountrymedianetwork.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911025526/https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/national-hockey-league-embraces-aboriginals/|archive-date=2017-09-11|url-status=dead}}

Playing career

Image:Jamie Rivers 122010.jpg

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.{{cite web | url = http://www.hockeyclubambripiotta.ch/it/6211/il-difensore-americano-jamie-rivers-allambrì | publisher = HC Ambri-Piotta | date = 2009-11-19 | accessdate = 2010-04-02 | title = Former team Canada and World Junior Star signs with Ambri-Piotta | language = French }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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.{{cite web | url = http://www.medvescak.com/hrv/novosti_2010_2011/novosti108.html | language = Croatian | title = Rivers remains with Bears | publisher = KHL Medveščak | date = 2010-12-16 | accessdate = 2011-03-27 | archive-date = 2019-12-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191217221315/http://www.medvescak.com/hrv/novosti_2010_2011/novosti108.html | url-status = dead }} 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.{{cite web | url = http://truehockey.com/articles/Former-NHL-D-man-Nearly-Loses-Life-playing-Overseas | publisher = TrueHockey.com | first = Andy | last = Strickland | date = 2011-02-07 | accessdate = 2011-03-27 | title = Former NHL D-man nearly loses life playing overseas | archive-date = 2011-02-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110209054052/http://www.truehockey.com/articles/Former-NHL-D-man-Nearly-Loses-Life-playing-Overseas | url-status = dead }}{{Cite web |last=Leeson |first=Ben |date=December 4, 2014 |title=Rivers looks back fondly on time in Sudbury |url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/2014/12/04/rivers-looks-back-fondly-on-time-in-sudbury |access-date=August 16, 2023}}

Post-playing career

On September 17, 2012, Rivers was named head coach of the St. Charles Chill of the Central Hockey League.{{cite web | url=http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/?article_id=8595 | title=St. Charles Chill Introduce Jamie Rivers as Head Coach | publisher=Central Hockey League | work=CentralHockeyLeague.com | date=September 17, 2012 | accessdate=September 17, 2012}}{{Cite web |last=RUTHERFORD |first=JEREMY |date=2012-09-18 |title=Rivers named head coach of St. Charles Chill |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/nhl/blues/rivers-named-head-coach-of-st-charles-chill/article_a48a7556-01c0-11e2-91e3-0019bb30f31a.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}} The team played for one season, 2013-2014, before ceasing operations.

On August 16, 2023, he was promoted as the 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.{{Cite web |last=Rutherford |first=Jeremy |title=Jamie Rivers named new Blues' TV color analyst: 'I'm not going to try to be Darren Pang' |url=https://theathletic.com/4778303/2023/08/16/jamie-rivers-blues-darren-pang/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Clancy |first=Sam |date=August 16, 2023 |title=Jamie Rivers named lead TV analyst for Blues TV broadcasts, replacing Darren Pang |url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/nhl/blues/jamie-rivers-replace-darren-pang-lead-analyst-blues-tv-broadcasts/63-ffe7bf9e-b369-4b09-8583-845cd51086d2 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=ksdk.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Caesar |first=Dan |date=2023-08-16 |title=Jamie Rivers to replace Darren Pang on Bally Sports Midwest’s Blues telecasts this season |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/column/media-views/jamie-rivers-to-replace-darren-pang-on-bally-sports-midwest-s-blues-telecasts-this-season/article_67b7dbcc-3bad-11ee-8fec-f379aa3a7345.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Caesar |first=Dan |date=2023-08-18 |title=Jamie Rivers, succeeding Darren Pang on Blues TV, is 'going to be who I am:' Media Views |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/column/media-views/jamie-rivers-darren-pang-blues-tv/article_36209670-34dd-11ee-ade6-2f8b7cf7de68.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}

Rivers is a co-host on the [https://www.101espn.com 101 ESPN] St. Louis radio program [https://www.101espn.com/shows/the-fast-lane/ The Fast Lane], with Anthony Stalter and Super Bowl Champion Carey Davis.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1990–91

| Ottawa Jr. Senators

| CJHL

| 44

| 4

| 30

| 34

| 74

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

| Sudbury Wolves

| OHL

| 55

| 3

| 13

| 16

| 20

| 8

| 0

1992–93

| Sudbury Wolves

| OHL

| 62

| 12

| 43

| 55

| 20

| 14

| 7

| 19

| 26

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Sudbury Wolves

| OHL

| 65

| 32

| 89

| 121

| 58

| 10

| 1

| 9

| 10

| 14

1994–95

| Sudbury Wolves

| OHL

| 46

| 9

| 56

| 65

| 30

| 18

| 7

| 26

| 33

| 22

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Worcester IceCats

| AHL

| 75

| 7

| 45

| 52

| 130

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 4

1995–96

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 3

| 0

| 2

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| Worcester IceCats

| AHL

| 63

| 8

| 35

| 43

| 83

| 5

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 14

1996–97

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 15

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 6

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 59

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 36

| —

1998–99

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 76

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 47

| 9

| 1

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–2000

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 75

| 1

| 16

| 17

| 84

| —

2000–01

| Grand Rapids Griffins

| IHL

| 2

| 0

| 2

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 45

| 2

| 4

| 6

| 44

| 1

| 0

| 4

2001–02

| Ottawa Senators

| NHL

| 2

| 0

| 4

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 64

| 4

| 2

| 6

| 45

| 3

| 0

2002–03

| Florida Panthers

| NHL

| 1

| 0

| 2

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| San Antonio Rampage

| AHL

| 50

| 6

| 19

| 25

| 68

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 10

2003–04

| Grand Rapids Griffins

| AHL

| 2

| 0

| 4

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 50

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 41

| 2

| 0

| 2

2004–05

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 50

| 7

| 13

| 20

| 46

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 15

| 0

| 1

| 12

| —

2005–06

| Phoenix Coyotes

| NHL

| 18

| 0

| 5

| 26

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 31

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 36

| —

2006–07

| Peoria Rivermen

| AHL

| 30

| 4

| 19

| 23

| 24

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Spartak Moscow

| RSL

| 19

| 0

| 3

| 42

| 4

| 0

| 8

2008–09

| Chicago Wolves

| AHL

| 69

| 4

| 24

| 28

| 72

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| HC Ambrì–Piotta

| NLA

| 24

| 0

| 8

| 34

| —

2010–11

| KHL Medveščak

| EBEL

| 14

| 1

| 8

| 9

| 37

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 339

! 36

! 155

! 191

! 427

! 12

! 1

! 4

! 5

! 28

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 454

! 17

! 49

! 66

! 385

! 15

! 1

! 2

! 8

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1995

| Canada

| WJC

| {{gold1}}

| 7

| 3

| 6

| 2

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 7

! 3

! 6

! 2

Awards and honours

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

! Notes

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| colspan="3" | OHL

First All-Star Team

| 1993–94

Max Kaminsky Trophy

| 1993–94

CHL Second All-Star Team

| 1993–94

Second All-Star Team

| 1994–95

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

| colspan="3" | AHL

Second All-Star Team

| 1996–97

References

External links

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