Kevin Primeau
| Kevin Primeau | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 3, 1955 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Team Canada Vancouver Canucks (NHL) Edmonton Oilers (WHA) | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1977–1981 | ||
Kevin Primeau (born January 3, 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played two games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks. He also played seven games in the World Hockey Association with the Edmonton Oilers. Primeau also represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics where he scored 4 goals and 1 assist in 6 games.[1] He is later served as the head coach of the Swiss team HC La Chaux-de-Fonds. He also was the head coach of the Hungarian team Alba Volán Székesfehérvár, and the Hungarian national team.
Family[]
Kevin's son Josh plays professionally in the Swiss League with HC Sierre,[2] and his other son Ben was the captain of the Fernie Ghostriders in the KIJHL.[3]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1974–75 | University of Alberta | CIAU | 33 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | University of Alberta | CIAU | 34 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | University of Alberta | CIAU | 34 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | University of Alberta | CIAU | 25 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Edmonton Oilers | WHA | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| HC Davos | NLB | 30 | 26 | 23 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| EHC Visp | NLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1979–80 | Canadian National Team | Intl | 41 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 45 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| EHC Visp | NLB | 38 | 39 | 19 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| EHC Visp | NLB | 37 | 25 | 18 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| SC Langenthal | NLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1983–84 | Sherbrooke Jets | AHL | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Canada | Oly | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Senior totals | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
References[]
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
 | This biographical article relating to a Canadian ice hockey winger born in the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players
- Edmonton Oilers coaches
- HC Davos players
- Sportspeople from Edmonton
- Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Vancouver Canucks players
- Ice hockey people from Alberta
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1950s births stubs