Career
Bishai was never drafted, but played in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers. 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association in points per game.
At the tale end of the 2001-2002 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 2003-2004 season, he made his National Hockey League debut and played 14 games with the Oilers. Bishai signed with the Phoenix Coyotes organization prior to the 2005-2006 season and was assigned to an affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage.
Bishai then joined Moscow Dynamo for the 2006-2007 season. After playing in only 23 games with Moscow, Bishai left for the Finnish Master of Science-l where he signed with Ilves Tampere for the 2007-2008 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.".