Jeremy Yablonski
Canadian ice hockey player
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Jeremy Yablonski (born March 21, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently a free agent. Primarily a hockey enforcer, Yablonski is a one time, novice Golden Gloves boxing champion from Canada.
Playing career
Yablonski has played just one NHL game for the St. Louis Blues and received a five-minute major for fighting Todd Fedoruk. He attempted to fight renowned enforcer Donald Brashear later in the game, but Brashear refused to drop the gloves.
Jeremy Yablonski fought in his first professional mixed martial arts competition on May 12, 2007, at XFS (Extreme Fight Series) 5, knocking his opponent out in 19 seconds of the first round. Yablonski improved in XFS-6 on June 14, 2007 by knocking his opponent out in 17 seconds of the first round. Jeremy Yablonski confirmed his signing with Vityaz Chekhov on July 24, 2011.
In 2013, he expressed interest in gaining first Polish, and then Ukrainian dual-citizenship in order to play for the Ukrainian national hockey team.