Johnny Bonta, Cincinnati-born, Toledo Mobsters Ice Hockey Star Dies Aged 29  

A hockey player for the Toledo Mobsters American Premier Hockey League ( APHL), Johnny Bonta, has tragically died, the team announced Thursday, January 23, 2025. He was 29.
The hockey brotherhood was shocked by Bonta’s passing, which has since caused tributes from several teams and businesses in the APHL and beyond. His cause of death has not been disclosed.
The Toledo Mobsters Hockey Club announced,” It is with heavy hearts that we announce the departure of Johnny Bonta# 13,# 8 .” ” Johnny was not only a valued, talented, person on our staff, he was a friend, and community to our staff and the business”,
Johnny, a indigenous of Cincinnati Ohio, played for many sports clubs in his long career. The Federal Prospects Hockey League ( FPHL ) also included him in his previous games against the Blue Ridge Bobcats, Danbury Hat Tricks, and Watertown Wolves. He had previously signed for the Bozeman Stingers in the BDHL, the Helena Bighorns in the AWHL, and the Watertown Wolves in the FPHL. Bonta helped the Watertown Wolves win the Commissioner’s Cup during the 2021-22 year.
The Covington Street Hockey Legaue ( CSHL ) said Johnny would be remembered for his ‘ hustle, talent, and laughter’.
His family would make his death and commemoration plans in due course, but they would be done in due time. To honor Bonta, the CSHL is holding a memorial on Saturday, January 25 at 11am at the Kyle Wheeler Memorial club.
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Jacob Bonta, Johnny’s nephew, paid tribute to him in an personal social media post.
” To say that my nephew loved hockey is quite the insult. He ate, slept and breathed the sport. It was part of him. And I’ll confess it, he was stronger than I was. Many better”, Jacob said.
” The last thing we discussed was how he intended to form a semi-pro group in Lexington. He gave his life to the game, and I’m proud to know that he continued to compete until the very conclusion,” Jacob continued.
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