Keith is entering his first season as coach of Team Comcast’s Squirt Major and Squirt Minor Teams.Keith previously coached for the Flyers Youth Hockey Club based in Voorhees, NJ. Keith is also President and guest instructor at the Durham Hockey Institute. As many of you know, prior to coaching Keith had a very successful playing career.

In parts of 15 seasons in the NHL, Primeau played with Detroit, Hartford/Carolina, and Philadelphia. He began his career playing for Hamilton and Niagara of the Ontario Hockey League.In 1990, Primeau won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the top scorer of the OHL.In that season, Primeau scored 57 goals and 70 assists for 127 points in 65 games with the Niagara Falls Thunder. Primeau also played parts of two seasons with the Adirondack Red Wings of the AHL, where his team won the Calder Cup in the 1991-92 season.

Drafted in the 1^st round, 3^rd overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, Primeau played six seasons with the Red Wings, scoring 97 goals and 133 assists for 230 points. On October 9^th, 1996, he was traded to the Hartford Whalers along with defenseman Paul Coffey and a first round pick, in exchange for Brian Glynn and Brendan Shanahan. He played 3 seasons with Hartford/Carolina averaging 27 goals, and 31 assists, and made it to the NHL All-Star Team in the 1998-99 season.On January 23, 2000, Primeau was traded, along with a 5^th round pick, to Philadelphia in a blockbuster deal that sent Rod Brind’Amour, Jean-Marc Pelletier, and a 2^nd round pick to Carolina. Primeau played six seasons for the Flyers, and made the 2003-04 NHL All-Star Team.He was named the 13^th captain in Flyers history on October 23, 2001.In 2001, Primeau won the Yanick Dupre Class Guy Memorial Award, which is awarded to the Flyer who best illustrates character, dignity and respect for the sport both on and off the ice.

Primeau ended his career scoring 266 goals, 353 assists, 619 points, and 1,541 penalty minutes in 909 regular season games, while being a plus 124.He also had 18 goals, 39 assists, 57 points, and 213 penalty minutes in 128 post-season games. Primeau’s most memorable moment as a Flyer occurred on May 5, 2000, when in the 5^th overtime, his goal ended the longest game in modern NHL playoff history.