Mike Bishai

Canadian ice hockey player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCanadian ice hockey player
PlacesCanada
isAthlete Ice hockey player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth30 May 1979
Age45 years
The details

Biography

Michael Bishai (born May 30, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Bishai was never drafted, but played in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers.

Playing career

Amateur

Bishai played two seasons with the South Surrey Eagles in the BCHL, before moving on to Western Michigan University, where he played four seasons. In 2001, Bishai led the Central Collegiate Hockey Association in points, and led the NCAA in points per game. At the tale end of the 2001–02 season, Bishai signed with Edmonton and was assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Toronto Roadrunners.

Professional

Bishai played most of his Oiler career with affiliates in the AHL, but in the 2003–04 season, he made his NHL debut and played 14 games with the Oilers. Bishai signed with the Phoenix Coyotes organization prior to the 2005–06 season and was assigned to an affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage.

Bishai then joined Moscow Dynamo for the 2006–07 season. After playing in only 23 games with Moscow, Bishai left for the Finnish SM-l where he signed with Ilves Tampere for the 2007–08 season. After a successful season with Ilves, Mike then signed with rival team, Jokerit, for the 2008–09 season.

Bishai is most remembered for a fight on Atlanta Thrashers player Serge Aubin on February 11, 2004. The fight, during the brawl, was unbelievable because Aubin tossed Bishai into the Atlanta bench. Bishai got to his feet and continued to trade punches with Aubin, while stunned Thrashers looked on unsure what to do.

Oilers coach Craig MacTavish commented on that fight and said, "...As many years as I've been in the game, I've never seen a guy fighting standing up in the opposition's bench...That's like diving into somebody else's foxhole."

Career statistics

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1996–97South Surrey EaglesBCHL386131910
1997–98South Surrey EaglesBCHL57485210036
1998–99Western Michigan UniversityCCHA2603320
1999–00Western Michigan UniversityCCHA3518193752
2000–01Western Michigan UniversityCCHA3723456837
2001–02Western Michigan UniversityCCHA3410273728
2001–02Hamilton BulldogsAHL30000
2002–03Columbus CottonmouthsECHL2512172924
2002–03Hamilton BulldogsAHL2775121162132
2003–04Toronto RoadrunnersAHL481122331830004
2003–04Edmonton OilersNHL1402219
2004–05Edmonton RoadrunnersAHL7010243436
2005–06San Antonio RampageAHL6613183140
2006–07Moscow DynamoRSL2323534
2007–08IlvesSM-l4913284118813439
2008–09JokeritSM-l1847114
2011–12HC ThurgauNLB30222
2011–12HC LausanneNLB30000
2012–13SC Bietigheim-Bissingen2.GBun61232401110
NHL totals1402219

Awards and honours

AwardYear
All-CCHA Second Team2000-01
AHCA West Second-Team All-American2000–01

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.