| Played For: | Team Canada Vancouver Canucks (NHL) Edmonton Oilers (WHA) |
| League: | NHL |
| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Ntl Team: | CAN |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 1977 |
| Career End: | 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 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 Hungary national team.
In university, he played for the University of Alberta Golden Bears from 1974–75 to 1977–78; the Golden Bears won the national CIAU University Cup championship in 1975 and 1978,[2] with Primeau winning the Major W.J. "Danny" McLeod Award in 1978, as Most Valuable Player of the national championship tournament.[3]
Kevin's son Josh plays professionally in the Swiss League with HC Sierre,[4] and his other son Ben was the captain of the Fernie Ghostriders in the KIJHL.[5]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | 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 | ||
| 1978–79 | HC Davos | NLB | 30 | 26 | 23 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | EHC Visp | NLB | 38 | 39 | 19 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | EHC Visp | NLB | 37 | 25 | 18 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||