Link Gaetz in his glory days in as an enforcer with the San Jose Sharks in 1991.
An NHL enforcer given the moniker Missing Link during his brief career has gone missing and is now wanted by police.
A provincial court judged issued an arrest warrant on Thursday, Feb. 27, for Link Gaetz, who failed to appear in court or contact his lawyer.
The warrant allows arrest and detention of Gaetz until he is brought before a judge.
Gaetz’s lawyer, Jeremy Jensen, requested in provincial court that he be removed as Gaetz’s lawyer.
“They’re now looking for the Missing Link,” Jensen told Kamloops This Week.
Gaetz was charged with assault and causing a disturbance after an incident at the Cache Creek Dairy Queen on April 20, 2012.
But, the complainant died in a drowning accident last year and the Crown dropped the assault charge.
A second charge of causing a disturbance remains outstanding.
Gaetz was in custody in Alberta in September last year on other criminal matters.
The Missing Link in 2004 in the Quebec-based North American Hockey League, known for its brawling style.
Nicknamed Missing Link during his brief NHL career with the San Jose Sharks in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Gaetz reportedly screamed and yelled inside the Cache Creek restaurant and became involved in a consensual fight with several people following a tussle with Jean Guye-Vuilleme.
