This hockey player, who began his professional career in the NHL, is known to all fans due to his cocky character. The bully is always in the midst of fights, the instigator of which in most cases he himself becomes.
Stormy Biography - John Mirasti
A bully was born on June 4, 1982 and spent all his childhood in the tribe, since his grandfather was a leader. The famous Canadian player Mirasti John is a native of the Indian tribe "Flying Dust", which is located in Saskatchewan.
Since childhood, he established himself as a fan of fighting, because at the age of 12 he became the provincial boxing champion. And this fact, without a doubt, decided the course of the entire subsequent career of the NHL striker.
The beginning of the way
John Mirasti began his professional career in 2000, when he was 18 years old. His first hockey club was a member of the Prince Albert Raiders. Here he stayed for a short while, and a few months later moved to the Tri-City Americas, where he spent a total of 67 matches and took part in 40 fights.
Even then, Mirasti proved to be a good tough guy. After two seasons in professional hockey, John wanted to move to the lower division in order to be able to work in the security of a nightclub. However, he was offered a very lucrative contract from the Bakersfield Condors, where he played 57 matches and served 360 penalty minutes.
The next few seasons, John Mirasti - striker in clubs from the lower leagues, where he was not particularly successful, but could boast of a stable indicator - 8 minutes of an average penalty per game.
Craving for adventure
In 2007, John realizes that there are very few fights during hockey matches, and decides to play in the organization of mixed fights without rules. And almost immediately, the first battle took place, in which Mirasti was knocked out by Sebastian Gauthier. His career as a professional fighter ended before it really started.
In the same year, with the assistance of his old friend, he signed a trial contract with Syracuse Crunch for 25 games. John Mirasti quickly won the sympathy of the fans, and a full agreement was signed with him. In the new club, he managed to stay for three and a half seasons, and during this time he played 182 matches, scored 1 goal and gave 6 assists, while he earned 751 penalty minutes.
Moving to the KHL
In 2011, after a short return to the minor leagues, John Mirasti and his friend, Jeremy Jablonski, move to the KHL club Vityaz. Fans were happy to accept this fact, and Mirasti quickly thanked them for their support - in his first match, only appearing on the rink, provoked a fight with Alexander Svitov, after which he stated that all KHL players were cowards.
They managed to throw the first goal in the new Mirasti championship into the goal of Metallurg. He also distinguished himself in the match with HC Barys, plus he also fought twice with the guest striker, for which he was disqualified for two matches.
Provocateur on ice
After serving the suspension, John immediately takes on his own. In the game against Dynamo in Riga, he repeatedly tried to provoke hockey players, but the judges, already familiar with his habits, stop all attempts to start a fight. He didn’t finish the game until the end of the match and again fell under the influence of disciplinary sanctions, because of which he missed the next three matches.
However, this did not help calm the Canadian badass - after returning to the match against Metallurg, John Mirasti became the instigator of the mass brawl. The Arbitration Committee imposed a huge fine on him and already habitually disqualified the raging hockey player for three matches. He played that season - alternating games with disqualifications, and it is logical that he missed the last 5 matches of the championship.
John Mirasti statistics
Prince Albert Raiders - 30 games, 0 goals and 2 assists. Triple City Americas - 37 games, 1 goal thrown. Mus Joe Warriors - 11 games, 0 goals. OKN Blizzard - 17 games, 4 goals and 16 assists. Bakersfield Condors - 57 games, 5 assists. Greenville Growl - 1 game, 1 assists. "Sorel-Thrace Mision" - 118 games, 12 goals and 13 assists. Danbury Thrashers - 36 games, 1 puck and 6 assists. Syracuse Crunch - 190 games, 1 puck and 6 assists. Elmira Jackers - 8 games, 1 goal thrown. Fort Wayne Comets - 19 games and 1 assists. The Knight - 30 games and 2 goals. Barys - 10 games and 1 assists. Stony Creek Generals - 1 game.
If we compare the statistics of abandoned goals and the number of provoked fights, then the second indicator is much higher. It should be noted that the desire to scratch his fists was manifested in John, not only on ice. While at the tournament in Magnitogorsk, he and his friend Jeremy managed to fight with tipsy passers-by.
As coach Andrei Nazarov later claimed , the instigators of the fight were drunken passers-by who were returning from the wedding, and North Americans only defended themselves. But who knows the hot-tempered nature of Mirasti, doesn’t really believe that John acted as a victim.
Interesting Facts
In 2009, he provoked a fight during a hockey match with a rival player, his friend and distant relative, Jeremy Jablonski. Many hockey experts and analysts have recognized this fight the greatest in all hockey history. The fight lasted 1 minute, and, as in the best traditions of boxing fights, hockey players for two delivered more than a hundred hits. And no one dared say that it was a show fight, although after the match both hockey players hugged and said as if nothing had happened.
John Mirasti (Canadian hockey player) earned his huge popularity due to the manner of smiling during a fight. Many opponents said that even those who considered themselves to be first-class tough guys often saw a smile on Mirasti’s face and burned out before the start of the fight.