Emanuel "Manny" Viveiros (born January 8, 1966) is a

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-Austrian professional

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coach and former player. Vivieros is currently the head coach of the

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of the

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. He is former head coach of the Spokane Chiefs in the

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(WHL), an assistant coach for the

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and head coach of the WHL's Swift Current Broncos.

Playing career

As a youth, Viveiros played in the 1979

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with a

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team from St. Albert, Alberta. Viveiros played for the St. Albert Saints and the Prince Albert Raiders in the early- and mid-1980s. He was a member of the

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-winning Raiders. He played 29 games in the

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for the

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. He won the

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in the

in 1991 with the

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. The year after that he signed with the

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in Austria, where he won the national championship in 1992 and 1993. 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. Viveiros also obtained Austrian citizenship and played as part of the Austrian national team in 2005.

Coaching career

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. 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. In 2014, he joined the coaching staff of German team

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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. He was sacked on November 14, 2015, after his team had collected only 17 points from 18 games. Viveiros was formerly the head coach for the Swift Current Broncos of the

. On May 25, 2018, he was named as an assistant coach for the

. After one season in Edmonton, he returned to the WHL as head coach of the Spokane Chiefs. On August 31, 2020, he was brought on as head coach for the

, the AHL affiliate of the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards

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

References

External links

* 1966 births Living people Albany Choppers players Austrian ice hockey players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian people of Portuguese descent Austrian people of Portuguese descent EC Graz players EC VSV players Edmonton Oilers coaches Edmonton Oilers draft picks ESV Kaufbeuren players Ice hockey people from Alberta EC KAC players Memorial Cup winners Minnesota North Stars players Naturalised citizens of Austria Prince Albert Raiders players Schwenninger Wild Wings players Sportspeople from St. Albert, Alberta Springfield Indians players Swift Current Broncos coaches Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian ice hockey coaches {{Austria-icehockey-bio-stub