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Aaron Gagnon (born April 24, 1986) is a Canadians former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets.
Gagnon's third season in the WHL proved to be one of his most successful. After setting new career highs in goals (31), assists (34), and points (65) in 72 games, Gagnon was named to the WHL West First All-Star Team and was named the Western Conference nomination for the Brad Hornung Trophy as the WHL's most sportsmanlike player of the year, an award he ultimately lost to Kris Russell of the Medicine Hat Tigers.
On September 22, 2005, just prior to the start of his fourth full WHL season, Gagnon was named captain of the Thunderbirds.
Gagnon's final season with the Thunderbirds was arguably the best of his WHL career. Serving once again as the Thunderbirds' captain, Gagnon finished the season with career highs in goals (42), assists (38), and points (80) in only 59 games. During the season, Gagnon was twice named the Boston Pizza WHL Player of the Week and was also named the Husky Energy WHL Player of the Month for December. At the completion of the regular season, Gagnon was named to the WHL West First All-Star Team and was the Western Conference nomination for both the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the WHL's MVP, and the Brad Hornung Trophy as the WHL's most sportsmanlike player of the year. For the second time in his WHL career, Gagnon lost out on an award to Kris Russell of the Medicine Hat Tigers, losing the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy; however, Gagnon did manage to win his first Brad Hornung Trophy.
On July 1, 2011, Gagnon signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Winnipeg Jets.
In early August 2013, after spending his first five professional seasons in North America, Gagnon signed for two years with the Swedish Hockey League team HV71, joining Riley Holzapfel whom he played with in St. John's IceCaps. In the 2013–14 season, Gagnon appeared in only 9 games with HV71 before opting to transfer to the Finnish Liiga with Lukko. He stayed at Lukko until January 25, 2017, and then moved to SC Bern of the National League (NL), where he inked a deal for the remainder of the 2016-17 season.
After three seasons with the SCL Tigers, he played his last professional season in 2020-21 with Swedish Allsvenskan club, Modo Hockey.
| 2001–02 | Enderby Ice Kings | KIJHL | 0 | — |
| 2001–02 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 0 | — |
| 2002–03 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 14 | 4 |
| 2003–04 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 29 | — |
| 2004–05 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 29 | 16 |
| 2005–06 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 40 | 6 |
| 2006–07 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 58 | 10 |
| 2007–08 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 4 | 2 |
| 2007–08 | Iowa Stars | AHL | 8 | — |
| 2008–09 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 28 | 2 |
| 2009–10 | Texas Stars | AHL | 42 | 18 |
| 2009–10 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 0 | — |
| 2010–11 | Texas Stars | AHL | 24 | 4 |
| 2010–11 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 0 | — |
| 2011–12 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 14 | 6 |
| 2011–12 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 0 | — |
| 2012–13 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 18 | — |
| 2012–13 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 2 | — |
| 2013–14 | HV71 | SHL | 4 | — |
| 2013–14 | Lukko | Liiga | 20 | 14 |
| 2014–15 | Lukko | Liiga | 28 | 6 |
| 2015–16 | Lukko | Liiga | 36 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | Lukko | Liiga | 24 | — |
| 2016–17 | SC Bern | NLA | 2 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | SCL Tigers | NL | 20 | — |
| 2018–19 | SCL Tigers | NL | 22 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | SCL Tigers | NL | 4 | — |
| 2020–21 | Modo Hockey | Allsv | 6 | — |
| 2004 | Canada | WJC18 | 4th | 10 |
| WHL | ||
| West First All-Star Team | 2005 | |
| West First All-Star Team | 2007 | |
| Brad Hornung Trophy | 2007 | |
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