Antoine Vermette was born July 20, 1982 in St-Agapit, Quebec. The second round, 55th overall selection of the Ottawa Senators in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Vermette is a graduate of the QMJHL. An offensively gifted forward, Vermette played one season with the Quebec Remparts before going to star for the Victoriaville Tigres over the course of the next three seasons. In his four year junior career Vermette tallied 218 points (96-122-218) while helping Victoriaville reach the Memorial Cup final in 2002, only to come up short against the WHL's Kootenay Ice. In 2002-03, Vermette made his professional debut with the AHLs Binghamton Senators, tallying 62 points (34-28-62) in 80 games before making his NHL debut with the parent club in 2003-04. In his first season with the Sens', Vermette tallied 14 points (7-7-14) in 57 games.



Antoine returned to Binghamton, during the 2004-05 NHL lockout, after making the Ottawa Senators roster for the 2003-2004 season. As a rookie for the Binghamton Senators in 2002-2003 he led the team in goals (34), points (62) and power-play goals (13) and was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team. He enjoyed his best junior season in 2000-2001 when he had 57 goals and 62 assists for Victoriaville. Personal: Antoine's pre-game meal is chicken tortellini...The person he would most like to have met is Albert Einstein...Metallica is Antoine's favorite musical group...in the off-season he lives in Quebec City.