Wayne Primeau

Infobox Ice Hockey Player

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image_size = 250px
team = Calgary Flames
former_teams = Buffalo Sabres
Tampa Bay Lightning
Pittsburgh Penguins
San Jose Sharks
Boston Bruins
league = NHL
position = Centre/Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 230
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1976|6|4
birth_place = Scarborough ON, CAN
draft = 17th overall
draft_year = 1994
draft_team = Buffalo Sabres
career_start = 1995

Wayne Primeau (born June 4, 1976 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He plays centre for the Calgary Flames in the NHL. He is the younger brother of Keith Primeau.

Playing career

Wayne Primeau was a 1st round draft pick of the Owen Sound Platers (OHL) and played with the Platers for 3 years from 1992–1995.

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 1, 2001.

Primeau was acquired by San Jose from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Matt Bradley on March 11, 2003. After a career year in 2003-04, 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 November 30, 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.

Career statistics

ee also

*Notable families in the NHL
*List of Calgary Flames players
*List of NHL seasons
*List of NHL players

References

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* [http://flames.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8460507&service=page Calgary Flames Profile]