Former NHL enforcer charged with assaulting Maple Ridge taxi driver

A former NHL enforcer who was nicknamed “The Missing Link” during his playing days has been charged with assaulting a cab driver in Maple Ridge.
Maple Ridge RCMP advised on June 4 that charges have now been laid against the suspect involved in an “unprovoked assault” on a taxi driver that occurred in Maple Ridge on Sept. 17, 2025.
Link Gaetz, 57, from Mission, has been charged with assault and mischief under $5,000.
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