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One glance at Jon Mirasty's profile page on HockeyFights.com and you'll wonder if he's actually had more fights than games played in his career. He's been a prolific pugilist in the minor leagues since 2000 whose jackrabbit punching style made him a cult icon — ESPN even built a valentine to goons around him.
Now, the man they call Nasty has turned his fury on Russia. Here's Mirasty in a KHL preseason (!) game for Vityaz (in white), taking on former Columbus Blue Jackets center Alexander Svitov of Salavat Yulaev (via Dmitry):
Did Svitov break some kind of hockey code wherein Mirasty wasn't going to flip his lid for him? Mirasty's not the type to keep the visor on.
Syracuse.com caught up with Mirasty after he arrived in Russia:
"It is a very different world here. It sure will be an experience. The arena we play in is beautiful but there is not much more to the city. The translation from English to Russian is very difficult because no one here speaks ...
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