and appearances Gaetz played in only 65 career NHL games, spread across three seasons, but he accumulated 412 penalty minutes while playing for the North Stars and Sharks. Gaetz played on numerous teams, in numerous low-level pro leagues across North America, over a period of 15 years, including time with the North American League (which folded after two games in the fall of 1995), Central Hockey League, Sunshine Hockey League, West Coast Hockey League, American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, International Hockey League, Colonial Hockey League, Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League (renamed Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey during his final season), followed by a few games in the semi-professional Northern New Brunswick Senior AAA Hockey League and Canadian Elite Hockey League. He also spent some time in 1994 with Roller Hockey International playing eight games (1G, 3A, 4PTS, 46 PIM) for the Sacramento River Rats where he was kicked off the team for "beating up the trainer", in Gaetz's own recollection. Hamburger incident While he was playing with the Thetford Mines Prolab of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) on March 13, 2005, in a game against the Verdun Dragons, Gaetz did not take a shift during the first or second periods. During the second intermission, Gaetz changed out of his jersey and skates and went out to the concession stand to buy a hamburger and "promptly ate it". Thetford Mines Prolab considered this disrespectful to the players, and suspended Gaetz for the remainder of the season. The incident later earned Gaetz the reputation as one of the "quirkiest athletes in pro sports" in Canada. Battle of the Hockey Enforcers Gaetz was one of three former NHL players to take part in the Battle of the Hockey Enforcers, a made-for-TV event held in July 2005 which featured enforcers from various minor leagues fighting on ice in full equipment as if they were in a game-time matchup. Gaetz's opening matchup was against Sherbrooke St-Francois forward Steve Reid. Gaetz went down twice in the opening round and did not participate past the opening fight due to "concussion-like symptoms". Video games NHLPA Hockey '93 RHI Roller Hockey '95 Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links 1968 births Living people Abbotsford Falcons players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian people of Finnish descent Cape Breton Oilers players Delta Flyers players Kansas City Blades players Madison Monsters players Merritt Warriors players Minnesota North Stars draft