Wayne Primeau
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| Position | Center/Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname | Preems |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (105 kg) |
| NHL Team F. Teams |
Calgary Flames Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks Boston Bruins |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | June 4, 1976, Scarborough ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 17th overall, 1994 Buffalo Sabres |
| Pro Career | 1995 – present |
Wayne Primeau (born June 4, 1976 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He plays center for the Calgary Flames in the NHL. He is the younger brother of Keith Primeau.
[edit] Playing career
Wayne Primeau was drafted 17th overall in 1994 by the Buffalo Sabres where he scored his first NHL goal against Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2000 and was then traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 1st, 2001.
Primeau was acquired by San Jose from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Matt Bradley on March 11, 2003. After a career year in 2004, Primeau was eligible for group IV unrestricted free agency. However he decided to re-sign with the San Jose Sharks.
He was traded to the Boston Bruins on 30 November 2005 with Brad Stuart and Marco Sturm for Joe Thornton, and the Bruins traded him to the Calgary Flames, along with Stuart, in exchange for Chuck Kobasew and Andrew Ference on February 10, 2007.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992-93 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 66 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 110 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1993-94 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 65 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1994-95 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 66 | 34 | 62 | 96 | 84 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 | ||
| 1994-95 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995-96 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 28 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 52 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995-96 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 24 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1995-96 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 1995-96 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996-97 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 24 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996-97 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1997-98 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 69 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1998-99 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 67 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1999-00 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 41 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 38 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999-00 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 47 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 77 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2001-02 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 33 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 70 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 55 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 72 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 90 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2005-06 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 21 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 50 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006-07 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 51 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 75 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006-07 | Calgary Flames | NHL | ||||||||||||
| NHL totals | 622 | 60 | 105 | 165 | 678 | 77 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 24 | ||||
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