Wayne Primeau

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Position	Center/Left Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (105 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Tampa Bay Lightning Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks
Nationality	Canada
Born	June 4, 1976, Scarborough ON, CAN
NHL Draft	17th overall, 1994 Buffalo Sabres
Pro Career	1995 – present

Wayne Primeau (born June 4, 1976 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey centre for the Boston Bruins of the NHL. He is the younger brother of Keith Primeau. He is 6'4" and 230 pounds.

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 1999 and was then traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 1st of the 2000-01 season.

Primeau was acquired by San Jose from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Matt Bradley on March 11, 2003. After a career year in 2004, Primeau was eligible for group IV unrestricted free agency. However, he loved San Jose so much that he became the first player in NHL history to decline free agency, and he signed a two-year-contract worth US$2.2 million.

He was then traded to the Boston Bruins on 30 November 2005 with Brad Stuart and Marco Sturm for Joe Thornton.