A still image from a taxi security camera provided by the RCMP shows former NHL player Link Gaetz inside a vehicle. Gaetz, 57, is wanted on charges of assault and mischief under $5,000 in connection with the alleged Sept. 17, 2025, attack on a taxi driver in Maple Ridge, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Maple Ridge RCMP (Mandatory Credit)

By The Canadian Press

Former NHL player Gaetz remains at large after alleged attack on B.C. taxi driver

Jun 5, 2026 | 2:39 PM

MAPLE RIDGE — Police in British Columbia say a former NHL player remains at large a day after authorities announced charges against him in the alleged attack on a taxi driver in Metro Vancouver.

Link Gaetz, 57, is facing charges of assault and mischief under $5,000 in the unprovoked attack of a Maple Ridge, B.C., taxi driver on Sept. 17, 2025.

Mounties say Gaetz is accused of abruptly telling the taxi driver to stop after being picked up, then punching the driver repeatedly in the face and trying to break the vehicle’s security camera before breaking the windshield and fleeing.

Gaetz has an outstanding warrant for his arrest to face the charges, and police have urged the public to help them find the former professional hockey player. The RCMP describe him as a six-foot-four, 252-pound man with blond hair and blue eyes.

Former NHL player Gaetz remains at large after alleged attack on B.C. taxi driver

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