Paul Gagné

Paul L. Gagné (February 6, 1962 – December 14, 2025) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 390 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders.

Gagné coached the Timmins Rock, a team in the NOJHL, until his retirement after the 2016–17 season. He ran a hockey development camp every summer in Timmins, Ontario called Gagné Hockey Development.

Early career Gagne began his career at the age of 15 in the NOJHL for the Iroquois Falls Abitibi Eskimos. The Left Wing player had 45 goals and 85 points in 43 games that year. In the next year he played in the OMJHL with the Windsor Spitfires (24 goals and 42 points in 67 games). It was his 101 points in 1979-1980 that led him to be drafted at the age of 17.

Pro career

Gagne made it to the NHL with the Rockies in 1980, playing 61 games and recording 41 points. In the following season, the last before the team relocated to New Jersey, he recorded 22 points in 59 games. In the 1982-83 season for the newly relocated New Jersey Devils, he played most of the year with the team while also playing in the CHL; he recorded 29 points in 53 games. He had 30-point seasons in the next three years before suffering a back injury in the latter part of the 1985-86 season. He ultimately didn't play again until the 1988-89 season for the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he had five points in 16 games. He spent the next two seasons with the Newmarket Saints in the AHL before getting nine games with the New York Islanders that ended up being his last games played in the NHL. He spent the entirety of the 1990s playing in Europe for the Eishockey-Bundesliga, National League B, and the National League before retiring in 1999.

Personal life and death Gagné had two children with his wife Brenda. Gagné died on December 14, 2025, at the age of 63 from cancer.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1977–78 Iroquois Falls Eskimos NOJHL 43 45 40 85 — — — — — 1978–79 Windsor Spitfires OMJHL 67 24 18 42 64 7 1 1 2 2 1979–80 Windsor Spitfires OMJHL 65 48 53 101 87 13 7 8 15 19 1980–81 Colorado Rockies NHL 61 25 16 41 12 — — — — — 1981–82 Colorado Rockies NHL 59 10 12 22 17 — — — — — 1982–83 New Jersey Devils NHL 53 14 15 29 13 — — — — — 1982–83 Wichita Wind CHL 16 1 9 10 9 — — — — — 1983–84 New Jersey Devils NHL 66 14 18 32 33 — — — — — 1984–85 New Jersey Devils NHL 79 24 19 43 28 — — — — — 1985–86 New Jersey Devils NHL 47 19 19 38 14 — — — — — 1988–89 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 16 3 2 5 6 — — — — — 1988–89 Newmarket Saints AHL 56 33 41 74 29 5 4 4 8 5 1989–90 Newmarket Saints AHL 28 13 14 27 11 — — — — — 1989–90 New York Islanders NHL 9 1 0 1 43 — — — — — 1989–90 Springfield Indians AHL 36 18 29 47 6 13 10 6 16 2 1990–91 EV Landshut 1.GBun 49 44 37 81 41 5 7 7 14 7 1991–92 EV Landshut 1.GBun 44 30 23 53 49 8 6 8 14 18 1992–93 EHC Olten CHE.2 36 39 28 67 47 7 7 7 14 18 1993–94 EHC Olten NDA 30 16 18 34 52 — — — — — 1994–95 EHC Olten CHE.2 32 37 30 67 98 3 1 1 2 35 1995–96 EHC Olten CHE.2 26 22 19 41 62 — — — — — 1995–96 Zürcher SC NDA 8 5 3 8 6 4 0 1 1 8 1996–97 EHC Biel-Bienne CHE.2 41 33 33 66 73 4 1 3 4 2 1997–98 EHC Biel-Bienne CHE.2 37 29 37 66 86 12 6 10 16 2 1998–99 EHC Biel-Bienne CHE.2 33 29 26 55 34 4 0 3 3 4 NHL totals 390 110 101 211 166 — — — — — AHL totals 120 64 84 148 46 18 14 10 24 7 CHE.2 totals 205 189 173 362 400 30 15 24 39 61