Jamie Rivers

Jamie Barry 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.

Playing career

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.

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. 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.

Post-playing career On September 17, 2012, Rivers was named head coach of the St. Charles Chill of the Central Hockey League. 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.

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 Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Ottawa Jr. Senators CJHL 44 4 30 34 74 — — — — — 1991–92 Sudbury Wolves OHL 55 3 13 16 20 8 0 0 0 0 1992–93 Sudbury Wolves OHL 62 12 43 55 20 14 7 19 26 4 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 1995–96 Worcester IceCats AHL 75 7 45 52 130 4 0 1 1 4 1995–96 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 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 — — — — — 1997–98 St. Louis Blues NHL 59 2 4 6 36 — — — — — 1998–99 St. Louis Blues NHL 76 2 5 7 47 9 1 1 2 2 1999–2000 New York Islanders NHL 75 1 16 17 84 — — — — — 2000–01 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2000–01 Ottawa Senators NHL 45 2 4 6 44 1 0 0 0 4 2001–02 Ottawa Senators NHL 2 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2001–02 Boston Bruins NHL 64 4 2 6 45 3 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Florida Panthers NHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2002–03 San Antonio Rampage AHL 50 6 19 25 68 3 0 1 1 10 2003–04 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 2 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2003–04 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 3 4 7 41 2 0 0 0 2 2004–05 Hershey Bears AHL 50 7 13 20 46 — — — — — 2005–06 Detroit Red Wings NHL 15 0 1 1 12 — — — — — 2005–06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 18 0 5 5 26 — — — — — 2006–07 St. Louis Blues NHL 31 1 3 4 36 — — — — — 2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 30 4 19 23 24 — — — — — 2007–08 Spartak Moscow RSL 19 0 3 3 42 4 0 0 0 8 2008–09 Chicago Wolves AHL 69 4 24 28 72 — — — — — 2009–10 HC Ambrì–Piotta NLA 24 0 8 8 34 — — — — — 2010–11 KHL Medveščak EBEL 14 1 8 9 37 — — — — — AHL totals 339 36 155 191 427 12 1 4 5 28 NHL totals 454 17 49 66 385 15 1 1 2 8

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1995 Canada WJC 7 3 3 6 2 Junior totals 7 3 3 6 2

Awards and honours Award Year Notes 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 AHL Second All-Star Team 1996–97