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Keith Primeau

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-5 ▪ Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: November 24, 1971 in Toronto, Ontario
Draft: Detroit, 1st round (3rd overall), 1990 NHL Entry

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 18, 2013 1:25 PM

Skater Rank: #226. Wilf Paiement… #227. Saku Koivu… #228. Tomas Sandstrom… #229. KEITH PRIMEAU… #230. Scott Mellanby… #231. Rick Vaive… #232. Anton Stastny…

Skater Rank: #226. Wilf Paiement… #227. Saku Koivu… #228. Tomas Sandstrom… #229. KEITH PRIMEAU… #230. Scott Mellanby… #231. Rick Vaive… #232. Anton Stastny…

NHL Standard

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1990-91	19	DET	NHL	58	3	12	15	5	-12	106	3	0	0	1	11	0	1	33	9.1
1991-92	20	DET	NHL	35	6	10	16	6	9	83	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	27	22.2
1992-93	21	DET	NHL	73	15	17	32	13	-6	152	10	4	1	2	13	0	4	75	20.0
1993-94	22	DET	NHL	78	31	42	73	28	34	173	21	7	3	4	32	3	7	155	20.0
1994-95	23	DET	NHL	45	15	27	42	15	17	99	14	1	0	3	18	1	8	96	15.6
1995-96	24	DET	NHL	74	27	25	52	21	19	168	19	6	2	7	14	2	9	150	18.0
1996-97	25	HAR	NHL	75	26	25	51	22	-3	161	17	6	3	2	19	2	4	169	15.4
1997-98	26	CAR	NHL	81	26	37	63	24	19	110	16	7	3	2	25	1	11	180	14.4
1998-99	27	CAR	NHL	78	30	32	62	25	8	75	20	9	1	5	26	0	6	178	16.9	1665	21:21
1999-00	28	PHI	NHL	23	7	10	17	7	10	31	6	1	0	1	9	1	0	51	13.7	406	17:38
2000-01	29	PHI	NHL	71	34	39	73	29	17	76	23	11	0	4	27	1	11	165	20.6	1418	19:58
2001-02	30	PHI	NHL	75	19	29	48	18	-3	128	14	5	0	3	24	1	4	151	12.6	1350	17:60
2002-03	31	PHI	NHL	80	19	27	46	18	4	93	13	6	0	4	18	2	7	171	11.1	1542	19:16
2003-04	32	PHI	NHL	54	7	15	22	8	11	80	6	0	1	2	15	0	0	86	8.1	897	16:36
2005-06	34	PHI	NHL	9	1	6	7	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	12	8.3	143	15:56
Career			NHL	909	266	353	619	241	124	1541	188	64	14	40	264	15	74	1699	15.7	7421	19:02

NHL Miscellaneous

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1990-91	19	DET	NHL	58	0.05	0.21	0.26	0.08	1.83	0.57	3	11	14	5	24	3	33	0	-12	-0.8	0.3	-0.5
1991-92	20	DET	NHL	35	0.17	0.29	0.46	0.17	2.37	0.77	5	9	14	5	24	1	16	2	9	0.4	0.6	1.0
1992-93	21	DET	NHL	73	0.21	0.23	0.44	0.17	2.08	1.03	12	14	26	10	49	16	44	5	-6	0.7	0.6	1.3
1993-94	22	DET	NHL	78	0.40	0.54	0.94	0.36	2.22	1.99	28	38	66	26	112	29	62	13	34	5.8	1.6	7.4
1994-95	23	DET	NHL	45	0.33	0.60	0.93	0.34	2.20	2.13	26	47	73	27	57	13	31	4	17	3.4	1.1	4.5
1995-96	24	DET	NHL	74	0.36	0.34	0.70	0.29	2.27	2.03	26	24	50	21	97	38	46	6	19	3.9	1.5	5.4
1996-97	25	HAR	NHL	75	0.35	0.33	0.68	0.29	2.15	2.25	27	26	53	22	78	21	71	11	-3	4.5	1.1	5.5
1997-98	26	CAR	NHL	81	0.32	0.46	0.78	0.30	1.36	2.22	30	42	72	28	103	30	73	19	19	6.1	1.9	8.0
1998-99	27	CAR	NHL	78	0.38	0.41	0.79	0.32	0.96	2.28	34	36	70	28	89	24	75	18	8	5.1	2.0	7.1
1999-00	28	PHI	NHL	23	0.30	0.43	0.74	0.29	1.35	2.22	8	11	19	7	23	3	14	4	10	1.4	0.9	2.3
2000-01	29	PHI	NHL	71	0.48	0.55	1.03	0.41	1.07	2.32	37	42	79	32	101	32	60	8	17	7.2	2.1	9.3
2001-02	30	PHI	NHL	75	0.25	0.39	0.64	0.24	1.71	2.01	22	33	55	21	65	13	67	12	-3	3.6	1.2	4.8
2002-03	31	PHI	NHL	80	0.24	0.34	0.58	0.22	1.16	2.14	22	30	52	20	67	23	51	11	4	2.8	2.1	4.9
2003-04	32	PHI	NHL	54	0.13	0.28	0.41	0.14	1.48	1.59	8	17	25	9	34	0	38	15	11	0.7	1.4	2.1
2005-06	34	PHI	NHL	9	0.11	0.67	0.78	0.24	0.67	1.33	1	6	7	2	8	3	9	4	0	0.4	0.1	0.5
Career			NHL	909	0.29	0.39	0.68	0.27	1.70	1.87	289	386	675	263	931	249	690	132	124	45.1	18.3	63.4

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1990-91	19	DET	NHL	5	1	1	2	1	3	25	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
1991-92	20	DET	NHL	11	0	0	0	0	-1	14	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
1992-93	21	DET	NHL	7	0	2	2	1	1	26	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
1993-94	22	DET	NHL	7	0	2	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
1994-95	23	DET	NHL	17	4	5	9	3	-2	45	2	2	0	0	34	11.8
1995-96	24	DET	NHL	17	1	4	5	2	-1	28	1	0	0	0	40	2.5
1998-99	27	CAR	NHL	6	0	3	3	1	-3	6	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	148	24:35
1999-00	28	PHI	NHL	18	2	11	13	4	-4	13	2	0	0	1	37	5.4	368	20:25
2000-01	29	PHI	NHL	4	0	3	3	1	-3	8	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	79	19:44
2001-02	30	PHI	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	87	17:20
2002-03	31	PHI	NHL	13	1	1	2	1	-2	14	1	0	0	0	28	3.6	265	20:21
2003-04	32	PHI	NHL	18	9	7	16	7	11	22	7	0	2	3	44	20.5	342	18:58
Career			NHL	128	18	39	57	20	-4	213	14	2	2	4	242	7.4	1287	20:06

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1986-87	15	Whitby Flyers	Minor-ON	65	69	80	149			116
1987-88	16	Hamilton Kilty B's	ON-Jr.B	19	19	17	36			16
1987-88	16	Hamilton Steelhawks	OHL	47	6	6	12			69
1988-89	17	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL	48	20	35	55			56
1989-90	18	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL	65	57	70	127			97
1990-91	19	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	6	3	5	8			8
1991-92	20	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	42	21	24	45			89
1996-97	25	Canada	W-Cup	5	0	0	0			21
1996-97	25	Canada	WC-A	11	3	3	6			14
1997-98	26	Canada	Olympics	6	2	1	3			4
1997-98	26	Canada	WC-A	6	3	1	4			4
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	48	24	29	53			97
Career		1 Season	Minor-ON	65	69	80	149			116
Career		3 Seasons	OHL	160	83	111	194			222
Career		1 Season	Olympics	6	2	1	3			4
Career		1 Season	ON-Jr.B	19	19	17	36			16
Career		1 Season	W-Cup	5	0	0	0			21
Career		2 Seasons	WC-A	17	6	4	10			18

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1987-88	16	Hamilton Steelhawks	OHL	11	0	2	2			2
1988-89	17	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL	17	9	16	25			12
1989-90	18	Niagara Falls Thunder	OHL	16	16	17	33			49
1991-92	20	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	9	1	7	8			27
Career		1 Season	AHL	9	1	7	8			27
Career		3 Seasons	OHL	44	25	35	60			63

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 15 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Keith Primeau		9.3	8.0	7.4	7.1	5.5	5.4	4.9	4.8	4.5	2.3	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.5	-0.5
Max Bentley	92.2	7.1	6.9	6.7	6.2	5.6	4.9	4.6	4.4	3.6	3.0	2.4	1.2
Peter McNab	92.2	8.5	8.3	7.7	7.5	6.7	5.6	5.1	4.5	3.8	2.7	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.4
Scott Gomez	91.3	9.2	8.1	7.3	6.8	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.3	5.3	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.2
Babe Siebert	90.6	6.2	5.5	5.1	4.5	4.5	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.1	2.5	2.1	1.1	1.0	0.6
Daymond Langkow	90.4	9.0	8.4	7.6	6.3	5.5	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.0	3.4	2.6	2.2	1.4	0.1	0.0
Garry Unger	90.2	8.7	8.0	7.6	7.4	6.8	6.0	4.9	4.3	4.2	3.9	3.3	1.8	1.3	0.4	-0.7
Martin Straka	90.1	9.3	9.0	8.2	7.5	6.2	5.7	4.3	4.3	4.2	2.5	2.3	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.3
Robert Reichel	90.1	9.5	8.1	7.2	7.0	6.2	5.7	3.9	3.6	3.4	3.3	2.7
Michael Nylander	90.1	9.0	8.4	7.1	7.0	6.1	5.5	4.5	4.2	3.8	3.1	2.5	1.6	1.4	0.9	-0.1
Ray Whitney	90.1	9.0	8.7	8.3	7.0	6.7	6.2	5.1	4.7	3.1	2.8	2.5	2.2	0.2	0.1	-0.3

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Keith Primeau		9.3	8.0	7.4	7.1	5.5	5.4	4.9	4.8	4.5	2.3	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.5	-0.5
Max Bentley	92.2	7.1	6.9	6.7	6.2	5.6	4.9	4.6	4.4	3.6	3.0	2.4	1.2
Peter McNab	92.2	8.5	8.3	7.7	7.5	6.7	5.6	5.1	4.5	3.8	2.7	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.4
Scott Gomez	91.3	9.2	8.1	7.3	6.8	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.3	5.3	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.2
Babe Siebert	90.6	6.2	5.5	5.1	4.5	4.5	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.1	2.5	2.1	1.1	1.0	0.6
Martin Straka	90.1	9.3	9.0	8.2	7.5	6.2	5.7	4.3	4.3	4.2	2.5	2.3	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.3
Robert Reichel	90.1	9.5	8.1	7.2	7.0	6.2	5.7	3.9	3.6	3.4	3.3	2.7
Michael Nylander	90.1	9.0	8.4	7.1	7.0	6.1	5.5	4.5	4.2	3.8	3.1	2.5	1.6	1.4	0.9	-0.1
Sweeney Schriner	89.8	6.5	6.2	5.6	5.3	4.5	4.1	4.1	3.7	3.1	3.1	1.3
Garry Unger	89.8	8.7	8.0	7.6	7.4	6.8	6.0	4.9	4.3	4.2	3.9	3.3	1.8	1.3	0.4	-0.3	-0.7
Robert Lang	89.5	10.0	8.5	7.2	6.5	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.4	4.8	4.3	2.4	2.1	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

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)

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

Transaction information may be incomplete.

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 due to concussion sufferd in game at Montreal, October 25, 2005.

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

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