John Mirasti is a hooligan from an Indian tribe

This hockey player, who began his professional career in the NHL, is known to all fans because of his vicious character. The bully always appears in the very epicenter of fights, the instigator of which in most cases becomes himself.

A stormy biography - John Mirasti

A hooligan was born on June 4, 1982, and spent all his childhood in the tribe, as his grandfather was a leader. The famous Canadian player Mirasti John is a native of the Indian tribe "Flying Dust", which is located in the province of Saskatchewan.

Ever since childhood, he has established himself as an amateur to fight, because at the age of 12 he became a boxing champion in the province. And this fact, without a doubt, decided the course of the entire subsequent career of the striker of the NHL.

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 ZHL. Here he stayed briefly, and after a few months he moved to "Tray City Americas", where he had a total of 67 matches and took part in 40 fights.

Even then, Mirasti proved to be a good tafgay. After two seasons in professional hockey, John wanted to go to the lower division in order to be able to work in the protection of a night club. However, he was offered a very profitable contract from Bakersfield Condor, where he played 57 games and served 360 penalty minutes.

For the next few seasons, John Mirasti is a striker in clubs from the lower leagues, where he did not have a very high performance, but could boast a stable score - 8 minutes penalty on average per game.

Craving for adventure

In 2007, John understands that during the hockey matches there is very little fights, and decides to speak in the organization of mixed battles without rules. And almost immediately the first battle took place, in which Mirasti was knocked out by Sebastian Gautier. His career as a professional soldier ended, not really started yet.

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 with him a full agreement was signed. 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 earning 751 penalty minutes.

Moving to the KHL

In 2011, after a brief return to the lower leagues, John Mirasti and his friend, Jeremy Jablonski, move to the KHL club Vityaz. Fans gladly accepted this fact, and Mirasti quickly thanked them for their support - in the very first match, only appeared on the rink, provoked a fight with Alexander Svitov, and then declared that all the players of the KHL were cowards.

The first puck in the new championship Mirasti managed to throw into the goal of "Metallurg". Distinguished also in the match with HC "Barys", plus everything else and twice fought with the forward of the guests, for which he was disqualified for two matches.

Provocator on ice

After serving the disqualification John immediately takes up his. In the game against Dynamo in Riga repeatedly tried to provoke hockey players, but the judges, already familiar with his habits, stop all attempts to start a fight. Until the end of the match, he then did not finish and again fell under the influence of disciplinary sanctions, because of which he missed the next three matches.

However, this did not help to ease the Canadian bully - after returning to the match against Metallurg, John Mirasti became the instigator of a mass brawl. The Arbitration Committee imposed a huge fine on him and habitually disqualified the raging hockey player for three matches. That season he played and played - alternating games with disqualifications, and it is logical that the last 5 matches of the championship Mirasti missed.

The statistics of John Mirasti

Prince Albert Raiders - 30 games, 0 goals and 2 assists. "Tray City Americas" - 37 games, 1 wasted puck. "Moose-Joe Warriors" - 11 games, 0 goals. "OKN Blizzard" - 17 games, 4 goals and 16 assists. Bakersfield Condors - 57 games, 5 assists. Greenville Groul - 1 game, 1 assists. Sorel-Tracy Mision - 118 games, 12 goals and 13 assists. Danberi Thrashers - 36 games, 1 washer and 6 assists. "Syracuse Crunch" - 190 games, 1 washer and 6 assists. Elmira Jakers - 8 games, 1 wasted puck. Fort Wayne Comets - 19 games and 1 assists. "Knight" - 30 games and 2 goals. Barys - 10 games and 1 assists. Stony Creek Generals - 1 game.

If we compare the statistics of abandoned pucks and the number of provoked fights, the second indicator is much higher. It should be noted that John's desire to scratch his fists was manifested not only on the ice. While at the tournament in Magnitogorsk, he managed to fight with drunk passers-by with his friend Jeremy.

As the trainer Andrei Nazarov later claimed , the instigators of the fight were drunken passers-by, who were returning from the wedding, and the North Americans were only defending themselves. But who knows the quick temper of Mirasti, does not 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 recognized this fight as the greatest in the entire hockey history. The fight lasted 1 minute, and, as in the best traditions of boxing matches, hockey players for two inflicted more than a hundred strokes. And no one dared to say that it was an indicative fight, although after the match both hockey players embraced and said, as if nothing had happened.

His huge popularity John Mirasti (Canadian hockey player) deserved thanks to the manner of smiling during the fight. Many opponents said that even those who considered themselves first-class tafgay often saw a smile on Mirasti's face, burned out even before the fight began.