Achievements
- Wilf Paiement was the first player ever drafted by the current day New Jersey Devils organization.
- He played in the very first games for the Kansas City Scouts and the Colorado Rockies.
- While Paiement was playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs he wore the number 99 for the 187 games he spent in Toronto, and is one of only 3 players (Rick Dudley for 30 games and Wayne Gretzky for 1,487 games), and was the last player other than Gretzky to wear that number. He last wore #99 on March 6, 1982 against the Montreal Canadiens.
- Upon his retirement from the NHL, Paiement was the last active player that had ever played for the Kansas City Scouts.
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