Michael Gaul

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Michael Gaul (31499775872).jpg | caption = Gaul in 2001 | image_size = 230px | position = Defence | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 200 | prospect_team = | prospect_league = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|4|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = Lachine, Quebec, Canada | career_start = 1993 | career_end = 2004 | draft = 262nd overall | draft_year = 1991 | draft_team = Los Angeles Kings | played_for = Colorado Avalanche<br>Columbus Blue Jackets<br>HC Fribourg-Gottéron<br>HC Ambri-Piotta }}

'''Michael S. "Mike" Gaul''' (born April 28, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).

==Playing career== After playing for St. Lawrence University, he was drafted in the ninth round by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1991 NHL entry draft. After a few successful years in the American Hockey League (AHL) He made his National Hockey League debut in the 1998–99 season with the Colorado Avalanche. He also played with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000–01 season. Upon retiring from Professional hockey in 2004, Gaul accepted a position as a senior partner at an Investment Bank Vires Capital VII where he is currently developing and overseeing a portfolio of infrastructure projects totalling over $80B.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}

==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- ALIGN="center" | 1990–91 | St. Lawrence University | ECAC | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 50 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |- ALIGN="center" | 1992–93 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 57 | 16 | 57 | 73 | 66 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 22 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 14 |- ALIGN="center" | 1994–95 | Knoxville Cherokees | ECHL | 68 | 13 | 41 | 54 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 1995–96 | Knoxville Cherokees | ECHL | 54 | 13 | 48 | 61 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | EC Timmendorf Strand | Ger.1 | 45 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 1997–98 | Mobile Mysticks | ECHL | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 60 | 12 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" | 1998–99 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 43 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" | 1998–99 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999–00 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 65 | 12 | 57 | 69 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" | 2000–01 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 70 | 16 | 45 | 61 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2001–02 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 44 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 39 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 2003–04 | HC Ambri-Piotta | NLA | 30 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 3 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 4 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |}

==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | QMJHL |- | All-Rookie Team | 1992 | |- | Memorial Cup All-Star Team | 1993 | |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | AHL |- | All-Rookie Team | 1998 | |- | All-Star Game | 2000, 2001 | <ref>{{cite web| url = https://theahl.com/stats/game-summary/1005940 | title = Canadian All-Stars 11, Planet USA All-Stars 10 | publisher = American Hockey League | date = 2001-01-15 | accessdate = 2019-02-01}}</ref> |- | Second All-Star Team | 2000 | |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{icehockeystats|legends=16929}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaul, Michael}} Category:1973 births Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:Colorado Avalanche players Category:Columbus Blue Jackets players Category:Hershey Bears players Category:HC Ambrì-Piotta players Category:HC Fribourg-Gottéron players Category:Ice hockey people from Montreal Category:Knoxville Cherokees players Category:Laval Titan players Category:Living people Category:Los Angeles Kings draft picks Category:Lowell Lock Monsters players Category:Mobile Mysticks players Category:People from Lachine, Quebec Category:Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players Category:St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey players Category:Syracuse Crunch players