Keith Primeau

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Position	Center
Shot	Left
Nickname	Prims
Height Weight	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg)
Pro Clubs	Detroit Red Wings Hartford Whalers Carolina Hurricanes Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality	Canada
Born	November 24, 1971, Toronto, ON, CA
NHL Draft	3rd overall, 1990 Detroit Red Wings
Pro Career	1990 – 2006

Keith Primeau (born November 24, 1971, in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Grew up in Hamilton, Ontario.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Records 4 Career statistics 5 International play 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Playing career

Primeau played his last six seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers and had also played for the Carolina Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers, and the Detroit Red Wings. He was drafted in the first round (third overall) in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by Detroit. He was traded by the Hurricanes to the Flyers in 2000, for Rod Brind'Amour, and Jean-Marc Pelletier. His best season was the 2000-01 NHL season when he had 73 points.

On May 4th 2000, Primeau scored the game-winning goal in the longest game in modern NHL playoff history (five overtime periods for a total of 152 minutes and one second) against Ron Tugnutt of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Only two games in 1933 and 1936 were longer.

In the 2003-04 season, Keith had only 22 points in 54 games. However, in the 2004 playoffs Primeau had a total of 9 goals and 7 assists for a total of 16 points; it was the best playoff year of Primeau's career. He recorded a hat trick against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of these playoffs. His play carried the team to within a game of the Stanley Cup Finals. Primeau suffered a concussion in October, 2005, and missed the rest of the 2005-06 season. As a result of ongoing post-concussion syndrome, he officially announced his retirement on September 14, 2006. [1]

His younger brother Wayne Primeau plays for the Boston Bruins. The two brothers fought each other on the ice during the 1996-97 NHL season. Keith is now an analyst on Comcast SportsNet's Post Game Live after every Flyers game.

[edit] Awards

• 1989-90: Second All-Star Team OHL
• 1989-90: Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Leading Scorer OHL
• 1998-99: Played in All-Star Game NHL
• 2000-01: Yanick Dupre Memorial ((Philadelphia Flyers))
• 2002-03: Toyota Cup (Philadelphia Flyers)
• 2003-04: Played in All-Star Game NHL

Served as Alternate (assistant) Captain of Detroit Red Wing and Hartford Whalers. Also served as Alternate Captain, then Captain of Carolina Hurricanes after the Whaler franchise relocated. Served as Captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.

[edit] Records

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987-88	Hamilton Steelhawks	OHL		47	6	6	12	69		11	0	2	2	2
1988-89	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL		48	20	35	55	56		17	9	6	15	12
1989-90	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL		65	57	70	127	97		16	16	17	33	49
1990-91	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		6	3	5	8	8		-	-	-	-	-
1990-91	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		58	3	12	15	106		5	1	1	2	25
1991-92	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		42	21	24	45	89		9	1	7	8	27
1991-92	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		35	6	10	16	83		11	0	0	0	14
1992-93	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		73	15	17	32	152		7	0	2	2	26
1993-94	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		78	31	42	73	173		7	0	2	2	6
1994-95	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		45	15	27	42	99		17	4	5	9	45
1995-96	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		74	27	25	52	168		17	1	4	5	28
1996-97	Hartford Whalers	NHL		75	26	25	51	161		-	-	-	-	-
1997-98	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		81	26	37	63	110		-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		78	30	32	62	75		6	0	3	3	6
1999-00	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		23	7	10	17	31		18	2	11	13	13
2000-01	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		71	34	39	73	76		4	0	3	3	6
2001-02	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		75	19	29	48	128		5	0	0	0	6
2002-03	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		80	19	27	46	93		13	1	1	2	14
2003-04	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		54	7	15	22	80		18	9	7	16	22
2005-06	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		9	1	6	7	6		-	-	-	-	-
NHL Totals				909	266	353	619	1541		128	18	39	57	213

[edit] International play

• 1998 - Played for Canada in the XVIII Olympic Winter Games

[edit] See also

• Notable families in the NHL

[edit] References

• Keith Primeau on Internet Hockey Database
• Keith Primeau on Legends of Hockey

Preceded by Eric Desjardins	Philadelphia Flyers captains 2001-06 Derian Hatcher 2006	Succeeded by Peter Forsberg
Preceded by Kevin Dineen	Carolina Hurricanes captains 1998-99	Succeeded by Ron Francis

Note: Primeau missed nearly all of the 2005/06 NHL season, due to a concussion. Derian Hatcher served as Flyers captain (due to Primeau's absence), during the last-half of the 2005/06 NHL season.