| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lb: | 198 |
| Birth Date: | March 13, 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Donnacona, Quebec, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1996 |
| Career End: | 2007 |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Played For: | Tampa Bay Lightning |
Gaétan Royer (born March 13, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger.[1]
Royer was born in Donnacona, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Sainte-Foy, Quebec City.[2] He played three games in the National Hockey League with the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2001–02 season, going scoreless. In 2008, Royer played for the Bartercard Gold Coast Blue Tongues in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL).[3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Sherbrooke Faucons | QMJHL | 65 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 194 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | Sherbrooke Faucons | QMJHL | 36 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 174 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Beauport Harfangs | QMJHL | 25 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 59 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 47 | ||
| 1996–97 | Jacksonville Lizard Kings | ECHL | 28 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 29 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1998–99 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | 52 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 177 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Michigan K-Wings | IHL | 20 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 58 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 134 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 2001–02 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | UHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 40 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Pensacola Ice Pilots | ECHL | 33 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 129 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 33 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||
| 2002–03 | Jackson Bandits | ECHL | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Pensacola Ice Pilots | ECHL | 20 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Pont-Rouge Caron & Guay | QSPHL | 43 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 272 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 42 | ||
| 2004–05 | Trois-Rivieres Caron & Guay | LNAH | 30 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Thetford Mines Prolab | LNAH | 24 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Thetford Mines Prolab | LNAH | 35 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 145 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Thetford Mines Prolab | LNAH | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Shawinigan Xtreme | QSCHL | 22 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Quebec RadioX | LNAH | 49 | 30 | 14 | 44 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Gold Coast Blue Tongues | AIHL | 19 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 147 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Saguenay 98.3 | LNAH | 34 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Riviere-du-Loup CIMT | LNAH | 39 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Riviere-du-Loup 3L | LNAH | 42 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5 | LNAH | 27 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Saint-Georges COOL-FM | LNAH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Thetford Mines Isothermic | LNAH | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Thetford Mines Isothermic | LNAH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 146 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 332 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 39 | ||||
| ECHL totals | 92 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 396 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| LNAH totals | 300 | 124 | 126 | 250 | 824 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||