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Wayne Primeau
NHL, the National Hockey League is a premier professional North American Sports League played in indoor stadiums. It’s divided into two conferences, each comprising of three divisions of ice hockey teams.
Wayne primeau was born on 4 June, 1976 in Scarborough, Ontario. His height is six foot four inch and weight 230lbs. shoots. He is a professional ice hockey centre for the Boston Bruins of the NHL.
He played four seasons of junior hockey with Owen Sound and Oshawa and OHL, Ontario Hockey League with 277 totals and 352 PIM, penalty minute in 249 career junior games. He led Owen Sound in scoring his final season in 1994-95 with 96 totals in 66 games. He traded to Tampa Bay by Buffalo with Cory Sarich, Brian Holzinger and 2000 third round draft pick for Chris Gratton and 2001 second round draft pick. He also traded to Pittsburgh by Tampa Bay for Matthew Barnaby, and traded to San Jose by Pittsburgh for Matt Bradley. He traded to Boston by San Jose with Marco Sturm and Brad Stuart for Joe Thornton.
In 1996 to 1997 season, he split his first full pro season between Buffalo and Rochester and AHL, American Hockey League with 14 totals in 24 Americans games. He was named Buffalo’s top rookie with 6 totals in 45 Sabres contests. He recorded his first NHL assist vs. New Jersey. In 1999-2000, he had 12 totals in 41 Sabres games at the time of his trade to Tampa Bay. Primeau can also use his size and play's a feisty brand of hockey, especially against the odds. One night, while skating against his brother, Keith, Wayne goaded his older brother verbally into a tussle.
Primeau went on to play parts of three seasons with Pittsburgh before he was traded to the San Jose Sharks at the March 2003 trading deadline. After one full season in San Jose in 2003-04 and a lockout year in 2004-05, Primeau was part of a blockbuster deal in November of 2005 that brought Joe Thornton of the Boston Bruins to San Jose in exchange for Primeau, Brad Stuart and Marco Sturm.
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