TRANSACTIONS: Bernard and Primeau Recalled from Reading

Phantoms Open 2025 at Utica on Friday

January 2, 2025

Allentown, PA – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms have recalled defenseman Xavier Bernard and forward Mason Primeau from the Reading Royals of the ECHL.

Bernard, 24, has played in 10 games with the Phantoms this season recording one assist. The Mercier, Quebec native has also played in three games with Reading notching one assist.

Bernard has played in 62 career games in the AHL with the Belleville Senators, Bakersfield Condors and Lehigh Valley Phantoms scoring 1-4-5. He has also played in 110 ECHL career games where the 6’4″, lefty-shot has scored 6-30-36 with the Atlanta Gladiators, Allen Americans, Fort Wayne Komets and Reading Royals

Bernard was selected in the fourth round by the New Jersey Devils in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft out of the QMJHL where he played for Drummondville and Charlottetown

Primeau, 23, is a 6’6″ center with a lefty shot from Toronto, ON. He has played in eight games with the Reading Royals scoring four goals with one assist and has also played in one game with the Phantoms making his Lehigh Valley debut on December 21 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He spent most of the past three seasons with the Henderson (NV) Silver Knights of the AHL.

Last year with Henderson, Primeau scored two goals with four assists for six points in 44 games. He has played in 134 career AHL games scoring 10-18-28. Primeau has also appeared in 26 ECHL games with Fort Wayne, Savannah and Reading scoring 9-8-17.

Mason Primeau is the son of former NHL veteran Wayne Primeau who played 774 career NHL games with Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, San Jose, Boston, Calgary, and Toronto and is the nephew of former Flyers’ captain Keith Primeau who played six seasons for Philadelphia from 1999-2006.

The Phantoms open 2025 at the Utica Comets (NJ) on Friday night. The first home game of 2025 is Friday, January 10 against the Hartford Wolf Pack on a Blackout Night at PPL Center including Blackout Knit Caps from The Morning Call.

UPCOMING

Friday, January 3 (7:00) – Phantoms at Utica Comets

Saturday, January 4 (7:00) – Phantoms at Syracuse Crunch

Tuesday, January 7 (7:00) – Phantoms at Hershey Bears

Friday, January 10 (7:05) – Hartford Wolf Pack at Phantoms – Blackout Knit Caps from The Morning Call

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