Jamie Rivers | |
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Born | March 16, 1975 Ottawa, ON, CAN |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
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 |
National team | Canada |
NHL Draft | 63rd overall, 1993 St. Louis Blues |
Playing career | 1995β2011 |
Jamie Rivers (born March 16, 1975) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Rivers played 469 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He last played in Europe for KHL MedveΕ‘Δak.
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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.[1] In the succeeding 2010β11 season, Rivers remained in Europe and following a trial signed with KHL MedveΕ‘Δak of the Austrian Hockey League on December 16, 2010.[2] During his 14th game with MedveΕ‘Δak, 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. There lives with his wife, Shannon, 6th grade daughter, Karson, 2nd grade twin boys, Ashton and Braydon, and 2 yr old McKinnon. [3]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1991β92 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 55 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1992β93 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 62 | 12 | 43 | 55 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4 | ||
1993β94 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 65 | 32 | 89 | 121 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 14 | ||
1994β95 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 46 | 9 | 56 | 65 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 22 | ||
1995β96 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 75 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
1995β96 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1996β97 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 63 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | ||
1996β97 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1997β98 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 59 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 36 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1998β99 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 76 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
1999β00 | New York Islanders | NHL | 75 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 84 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2000β01 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2000β01 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
2001β02 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2001β02 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 64 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2002β03 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2002β03 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 50 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
2003β04 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 50 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2004β05 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 50 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 46 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2005β06 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2005β06 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 26 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2006β07 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 36 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2006β07 | Peoria Rivermen | AHL | 30 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 24 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2007β08 | Spartak Moscow | RSL | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
2008β09 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 69 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 72 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2009β10 | HC Ambri-Piotta | NLA | 24 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 34 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2010β11 | KHL MedveΕ‘Δak | EBEL | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 37 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NHL totals | 454 | 17 | 49 | 66 | 385 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Medal record | ||
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Competitor for Canada | ||
Ice hockey | ||
World Junior Championships | ||
Gold | 1995 Red Deer |
Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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1995 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Junior int'l totals | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Award | Year | |
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Ontario Hockey League | ||
First All-Star Team | 1993β94 | |
Max Kaminsky Trophy | 1993β94 | [1] |
CHL Second All-Star Team | 1993β94 | |
Second All-Star Team | 1994β95 | |
American Hockey League | ||
Second All-Star Team | 1996β97 |