Link Gaetz
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Link Gaetz, aka "the Missing Link," (born 2 October 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player known for his ferocious antics in the National Hockey League.
Gaetz played only 65 career NHL games, but he accumulated 412 penalty minutes while playing for the Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks.
Link also played Roller Hockey for the Sacramento River Rats of the RHI during the 1994 season, appearing in 8 games, and scoring 1 goal and 3 assists, while accumulating 46 PIM.
He last appeared playing in the Saskatchwan Wild Goose League.
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1986–87 | New Westminster Bruins | WHL | 44 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 52 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1987–88 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 59 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 313 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 70 | ||
1988–89 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 37 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 192 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | ||
1988–89 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 53 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1989–90 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 61 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 318 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 59 | ||
1989–90 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1990–91 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 18 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 178 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1990–91 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1991–92 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 48 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 326 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1992–93 | Nashville Knights | ECHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1992–93 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1993–94 | West-Palm-Beach Blaze | SUHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1993–94 | Nashville Knights | ECHL | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 261 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1993–94 | Cape-Breton Oilers | AHL | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 140 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1994–95 | San Antonio Iguanas | CHL | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 156 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1995–96 | San Francisco Spiders | IHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1996–97 | Madison Monsters | CoHL | 26 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 178 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1997–98 | Anchorage Aces | WCHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 130 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
1997–98 | Miramichi Leafs | NMSHL/AL-CUP | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
1998–99 | Toledo Storm | ECHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
2001–02 | Rivière-du-Loup Promutuel | LHSPQ | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 224 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 50 | ||
2002–03 | Granby Predateurs | LHSPQ | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
2002–03 | Saguenay Paramedic | LHSPQ | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
2003–04 | Trois-Rivières Vikings | LHSMQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
2003–04 | Rivière-du-Loup Promutuel | LHSMQ | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 194 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
2003–04 | St-Jean Mission | LHSMQ | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | ||
2004–05 | Thetford Mines Prolab | LNAH | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 117 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
NHL Totals | 65 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 412 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Categories: 1968 births | British Columbia sportspeople | Canadian ice hockey defencemen | Living people | Minnesota North Stars players | New Westminster Bruins alumni | San Jose Sharks players | Spokane Chiefs alumni | Canadians of German descent | Cape Breton Oilers players | Kansas City Blades players | San Francisco Spiders players | People from Vancouver