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Keith Primeau

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-5    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: November 24, 1971 in Toronto, Ontario

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1990-91 19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 58 3 12 15 0.26 5 0.09 24 3 33 0 -12 106 3 0 0 1 33 0.57 9.1
1991-92 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 35 6 10 16 0.46 6 0.17 24 1 16 2 9 83 6 0 0 0 27 0.77 22.2
1992-93 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 73 15 17 32 0.44 12 0.17 49 16 44 5 -6 152 10 4 1 2 75 1.03 20.0
1993-94 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 31 42 73 0.94 28 0.36 112 29 62 13 34 173 21 7 3 4 155 1.99 20.0
1994-95 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 45 15 27 42 0.93 15 0.34 57 13 31 4 17 99 14 1 0 3 96 2.13 15.6
1995-96 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 74 27 25 52 0.70 21 0.28 97 38 46 6 19 168 19 6 2 7 150 2.03 18.0
1996-97 25 Hartford Whalers NHL 75 26 25 51 0.68 21 0.28 78 21 71 11 -3 161 17 6 3 2 169 2.25 15.4
1997-98 26 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 26 37 63 0.78 24 0.30 103 30 73 19 19 110 16 7 3 2 180 2.22 14.4
1998-99 27 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 78 30 32 62 0.79 25 0.32 89 24 75 18 8 75 20 9 1 5 178 2.28 16.9 1665 21:21
1999-00 28 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 23 7 10 17 0.74 7 0.29 23 3 14 4 10 31 6 1 0 1 51 2.22 13.7 406 17:38
2000-01 29 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 71 34 39 73 1.03 29 0.41 101 32 60 8 17 76 23 11 0 4 165 2.32 20.6 1418 19:58
2001-02 30 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 19 29 48 0.64 18 0.24 65 13 67 12 -3 128 14 5 0 3 151 2.01 12.6 1350 17:60
2002-03 31 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 19 27 46 0.58 18 0.22 67 23 51 11 4 93 13 6 0 4 171 2.14 11.1 1542 19:16
2003-04 32 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 54 7 15 22 0.41 8 0.14 34 0 38 15 11 80 6 0 1 2 86 1.59 8.1 897 16:36
2005-06 34 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 9 1 6 7 0.78 2 0.26 8 3 9 4 0 6 0 1 0 0 12 1.33 8.3 143 15:56
Career 15 Seasons NHL 909 266 353 619 0.68 239 0.26 931 249 690 132 124 1541 188 64 14 40 1699 1.87 15.7 7421 19:02

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1990-91 19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 1 1 2 0.40 3 25 1 0 0 0 2 0.40 50.0
1991-92 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 0 0 0 0.00 -1 14 0 0 0 0 11 1.00 0.0
1992-93 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 0 2 2 0.29 1 26 0 0 0 0 7 1.00 0.0
1993-94 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 0 2 2 0.29 0 6 0 0 0 0 12 1.71 0.0
1994-95 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 17 4 5 9 0.53 -2 45 2 2 0 0 34 2.00 11.8
1995-96 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 17 1 4 5 0.29 -1 28 1 0 0 0 40 2.35 2.5
1998-99 27 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 6 0 3 3 0.50 -3 6 0 0 0 0 9 1.50 0.0 148 24:35
1999-00 28 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18 2 11 13 0.72 -4 13 2 0 0 1 37 2.06 5.4 368 20:25
2000-01 29 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 4 0 3 3 0.75 -3 8 0 0 0 0 10 2.50 0.0 79 19:44
2001-02 30 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 -3 6 0 0 0 0 8 1.60 0.0 87 17:20
2002-03 31 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 13 1 1 2 0.15 -2 14 1 0 0 0 28 2.15 3.6 265 20:21
2003-04 32 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18 9 7 16 0.89 11 22 7 0 2 3 44 2.44 20.5 342 18:58
Career 12 Seasons NHL 128 18 39 57 0.45 -4 213 14 2 2 4 242 1.89 7.4 1287 20:06

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1986-87 15 Whitby Flyers Minor-ON 65 69 80 149 2.29 116
1987-88 16 Hamilton Kilty B's OHA-B 19 19 17 36 1.89 16
1987-88 16 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 47 6 6 12 0.26 69
1988-89 17 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 48 20 35 55 1.15 56
1989-90 18 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 65 57 70 127 1.95 97
1990-91 19 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 6 3 5 8 1.33 8
1991-92 20 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 42 21 24 45 1.07 89
1996-97 25 Canada W-Cup 5 0 0 0 0.00 21
1996-97 25 Canada WC-A 11 3 3 6 0.55 14
1997-98 26 Canada Olympics 6 2 1 3 0.50 4
1997-98 26 Canada WC-A 6 3 1 4 0.67 4
Career 2 Seasons AHL 48 24 29 53 1.10 97
Career 1 Season Minor-ON 65 69 80 149 2.29 116
Career 1 Season OHA-B 19 19 17 36 1.89 16
Career 3 Seasons OHL 160 83 111 194 1.21 222
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 2 1 3 0.50 4
Career 1 Season W-Cup 5 0 0 0 0.00 21
Career 2 Seasons WC-A 17 6 4 10 0.59 18

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1987-88 16 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 11 0 2 2 0.18 2
1988-89 17 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 17 9 16 25 1.47 12
1989-90 18 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 16 16 17 33 2.06 49
1991-92 20 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 9 1 7 8 0.89 27
Career 1 Season AHL 9 1 7 8 0.89 27
Career 3 Seasons OHL 44 25 35 60 1.36 63

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1999 NHL
2004 NHL

Plus/Minus

1993-94 NHL 34 (8)

Game-Winning Goals

1995-96 NHL 7 (8)

Shooting Percentage

1993-94 NHL 20.0 (6)
2000-01 NHL 20.6 (2)

Transactions

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October 9, 1996: Traded to Hartford by Detroit with Paul Coffey and Detroit's 1st round choice (Nikos Tselios) in 1997 Entry Draft for Brendan Shanahan and Brian Glynn, October 9, 1996.

June 25, 1997: Transferred to Carolina after Hartford franchise relocated, June 25, 1997.

January 23, 2000: Traded to Philadelphia by Carolina with Carolina's 5th round choice (later traded to NY Islanders - NY Islanders selected Kristofer Ottosson) in 2000 Entry Draft for Rod Brind'Amour, Jean-Marc Pelletier and Philadelphia's 2nd round choice (later traded to Colorado - Colorado selected Agris Saviels) in 2000 Entry Draft, January 23, 2000.

October 25, 2005: Missed majority of 2005-06 season recovering from head injury sufferd in game at Montreal, October 25, 2005.

September 14, 2006: Officially announced retirement, September 14, 2006.