The Spokane Chiefs made it official on Tuesday — Manny Viveiros is their new head 
coach. He takes over from Dan Lambert, who left after two seasons to sign on as an assistant coach with the NHL’s Nashville Predators. . . . Viveiros, 53, spent last season as an assistant coach with the Edmonton Oilers, but was released when Dave Tippett was hired as the NHL team’s new head coach. . . . Prior to that, Viveiros spent two seasons as the director of player personnel and head coach of the Swift Current Broncos, who won the WHL championship in 2017-18. . . . Viveiros will be introduced to Spokane at a news conference today.
With the Spokane Chiefs having hired Manny Viveiros as their head coach, it leaves the 
Brandon Wheat Kings as the only one of the WHL’s 22 teams still looking for one. The Wheat Kings chose not to renew head coach David Anning’s contract after last season. . . . Anning had been with the Wheat Kings though seven seasons — four as an assistant coach and three as head coach. . . .
The Wheat Kings also are without a general manager after having dropped Grant Armstrong after three seasons. Armstrong wasn’t out of work long as the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning has added him to its scouting staff. He will work as an amateur scout under Darryl Plandowski, the team’s head amateur scout.
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J.J. Daigneault is the new head coach of the QMJHL’s Halifax Mooseheads. He takes over from Eric Veilleux, who signed on as an assistant coach with the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch after one season in Halifax. Daigneault, 53, was an assistant coach with the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage last season, after spending six seasons as an assistant coach with the Montreal Canadiens. . . .
D Hudson Thornton has agreed to play for the BCHL’s Chilliwack Chiefs in 2019-20. Thornton, who won’t turn 16 until Nov. 4, was a second-round pick by the Prince George Cougars in the WHL’s 2018 bantam draft. . . . From Winnipeg, he played last season with the Rink Hockey Academy’s prep team.
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