Emanuel "Manny" Viveiros (born January 8, 1966) is a Canadian-Austrian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League (WHL), and formerly served as head coach of the Spokane Chiefs and Swift Current Broncos of the WHL, the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League (AHL), Klagenfurt AC of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL), and ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), as well as an assistant coach for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Internationally, Viveiros has served as the head coach of the Austrian national hockey team.

Manny Viveiros
Viveiros in 2013
Born (1966-01-08) January 8, 1966 (age 58)
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Minnesota North Stars
ESV Kaufbeuren
EC VSV
EHC Lustenau
Schwenninger Wild Wings
EC Graz
Wiener EV
EC KAC
Current WHL coach Vancouver Giants
Coached for EC KAC
ERC Ingolstadt
Swift Current Broncos
Spokane Chiefs
Henderson Silver Knights
National team  Austria
NHL draft 106th overall, 1984
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 1986–2007

Playing career

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As a youth, Viveiros played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from St. Albert, Alberta.[1]

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-winning Raiders. [citation needed]

He played 29 games in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars. He won the Calder Cup in the American Hockey League in 1991 with the Springfield Indians. The year after that he signed with the EC VSV in Austria, where he won the national championship in 1992 and 1993.[citation needed]

After four seasons with VSV, Viveiros moved through several teams in Austrian, Italian and German leagues, until settling in with Austrian Klagenfurter AC in 2000, winning two more national championships in 2001 and 2004. Viveiros played in parts of 7 seasons for KAC.[citation needed]

Viveiros also obtained Austrian citizenship and played as part of the Austrian national team in 2005.[2]

Coaching career

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He switched to coaching after retiring early into the 2006-07 season due to a back injury and took over head coaching duties at Klagenfurter AC 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.[citation needed]

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.[3]

In 2014, he joined the coaching staff of German team ERC Ingolstadt as an assistant, working under Larry Huras. ERC reached the finals of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga that season. Viveiros was promoted to head coach for the following campaign.[4] He was sacked on November 14, 2015, after his team had collected only 17 points from 18 games.[5]

Viveiros was formerly the head coach for the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL). On May 25, 2018, he was named as an assistant coach for the Edmonton Oilers.[6] After one season in Edmonton, he returned to the WHL as head coach of the Spokane Chiefs.[7]

On August 31, 2020, he was brought on as head coach for the Henderson Silver Knights, the AHL affiliate of the Vegas Golden Knights.[8] After three seasons coaching Henderson, with just one playoff berth, Viveiros and the organization mutually parted ways on April 19, 2023.[9]

On August 24, 2023, Viveiros was named head coach of the Vancouver Giants, returning to the WHL.[10]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1981–82 St. Albert Saints AJHL 10 1 1 2 2
1982–83 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 59 6 26 32 55
1983–84 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 67 15 94 109 48 2 0 3 3 0
1984–85 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 68 17 71 88 94 13 2 9 11 14
1984–85 Prince Albert Raiders MC 5 2 6 8 4
1985–86 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 57 22 70 92 30 20 4 24 28 4
1985–86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 4 0 1 1 0
1986–87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 1 0 1 1 0
1986–87 Springfield Indians AHL 76 7 35 42 38
1987–88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 24 1 9 10 6
1987–88 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 57 15 48 63 41 7 1 8 9 0
1988–89 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 54 11 29 40 37
1989–90 ESV Kaufbeuren FRG II 8 2 7 9 8
1990–91 Albany Choppers IHL 14 3 7 10 6
1990–91 Springfield Indians AHL 48 2 22 24 29 7 0 2 2 4
1991–92 EC VSV AUT 46 9 47 56 24
1992–93 EC VSV AUT 54 13 37 50
1993–94 EC VSV AUT 51 11 50 61 58
1995–96 EHC Lustenau AUT 41 13 32 45 40
1996–97 SERC Wild Wings DEL 44 8 17 25 34
1997–98 SERC Wild Wings DEL 43 4 8 12 30 8 1 3 4 6
1998–99 WSV Sterzing Broncos ITA 22 3 12 15 26
1998–99 WSV Sterzing Broncos Alp 5 0 1 1 2
1999–2000 Wiener EV AUT 11 4 4 8 12
1999–2000 Wiener EV IEHL 27 7 6 13 16
2000–01 EC KAC AUT 49 21 40 61 30
2001–02 EC KAC AUT 17 4 4 8 12 11 2 4 6 6
2002–03 EC KAC AUT 41 11 18 29 61 6 2 2 4 4
2003–04 EC KAC AUT 37 5 31 36 26 5 0 1 1 10
2004–05 EC KAC AUT 37 8 16 24 34 10 1 8 9 8
2005–06 EC KAC AUT 36 7 8 15 26
2006–07 EC KAC AUT 7 1 5 6 14
NHL totals 29 1 11 12 16
AHL totals 124 9 57 66 67 7 0 2 2 4
AUT totals 462 116 323 439 410 32 5 15 20 28

International

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Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
1986 Canada WJC   7 1 1 2 2
2005 Austria WC 16th 5 0 2 2 4

Awards

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

References

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  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Former Raider to Coach Austrian National Team". Prince Albert Raiders. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  3. ^ GmbH., AHVV Verlags. "Trotz Aufstieg zur A-WM: Manny Viveiros ist nicht mehr Eishockey-Teamchef". Heute. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Sport1.de. "DEL: Manny Viveiros neuer Trainer bei Vizemeister ERC Ingolstadt". Sport1.de (in German). Retrieved March 19, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "ERC beurlaubt Emanuel Viveiros". erc-ingolstadt.de. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  6. ^ "Release: Oilers name Gulutzan, Yawney and Viveiros assistant coaches". NHL.com. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  7. ^ "Manny Viveiros Hired as Chiefs' Head Coach". OurSports Central. July 9, 2019.
  8. ^ "Henderson Silver Knights Announce Hiring Of Head Coach Manny Viveiros". NHL.com. August 31, 2020.
  9. ^ Gotz, Ben (April 19, 2023). "Silver Knights coach leaves organization after 3 seasons". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  10. ^ Wahl, Chris (August 24, 2023). "Giants welcome Manny Viveiros as new head coach". chl.ca. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
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Preceded by Head coach of the Swift Current Broncos
20162018
Succeeded by
Dean Brockman
Preceded by Head coach of the Spokane Chiefs
2019–2020
Succeeded by
Adam Maglio
Preceded by
Position created
Head coach of the Henderson Silver Knights
20202023
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Michael Dyck
Head coach of the Vancouver Giants
2023–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent