Jiří Bubla

Jiri Bubla
Bubla in 1979
Born (1950-01-27) January 27, 1950 (age 74)
Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Vancouver Canucks
National team  Czechoslovakia
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1981–1986
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Innsbruck Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Czechoslovakia Team
Gold medal – first place 1976 Poland Team
Gold medal – first place 1977 Austria Team
Silver medal – second place 1971 Switzerland Team
Silver medal – second place 1974 Finland Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 West Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Czechoslovakia Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 USSR Team
Bronze medal – third place 1973 USSR Team

Jiří Bubla[1] (born January 27, 1950) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Bubla played his entire National Hockey League career with the Vancouver Canucks, beginning in 1982. He retired after the 1985–86 season. He is the father of Jiří Šlégr, Jan Bubla and Štefan Bubla.

He completed for Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where the teams won the silver medal, and at the 1980 Winter Olympics.[2]

Following his retirement from ice hockey, he was arrested at the 1987 IIHF World Championship in Vienna and charged with involvement in a drug trafficking ring. Convicted of smuggling four kilograms of heroin, he served nearly four years in an Austrian jail.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1967–68 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1969–69 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 36 4 5 9 — — — — — —
1969–70 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH — — — — — — — — — —
1970–71 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 36 3 9 12 — — — — — —
1971–72 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 36 5 9 14 — — — — — —
1972–73 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 36 3 9 12 — — — — — —
1973–74 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 40 9 8 17 — — — — — —
1974–75 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 30 5 20 25 — — — — — —
1975–76 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 31 11 18 29 — — — — — —
1976–77 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 40 9 28 37 — — — — — —
1977–78 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 44 21 35 56 49 — — — — —
1978–79 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 44 12 25 37 30 — — — — —
1979–80 TJ CHZ Litvínov TCH 17 5 11 16 8 — — — — —
1979–80 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 14 1 6 7 10 — — — — —
1980–81 TJ Sparta ČKD Praha TCH 40 4 16 20 14 — — — — —
1981–82 Vancouver Canucks NHL 23 1 1 2 16 — — — — —
1982–83 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 2 28 30 59 1 0 0 0 5
1983–84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 62 6 33 39 43 2 0 0 0 0
1984–85 Vancouver Canucks NHL 56 2 15 17 54 — — — — —
1985–86 Vancouver Canucks NHL 43 6 24 30 30 3 0 0 0 2
TCH totals 447 92 199 291 — — — — — —
NHL totals 256 17 101 118 202 6 0 0 0 7

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1971 Czechoslovakia WC 9 1 0 1 2
1972 Czechoslovakia WC 10 0 1 1 8
1973 Czechoslovakia WC 10 1 2 3 6
1974 Czechoslovakia WC 10 1 3 4 2
1975 Czechoslovakia WC 10 1 2 3 6
1976 Czechoslovakia OLY 5 1 3 4 6
1976 Czechoslovakia WC 10 4 3 7 2
1976 Czechoslovakia CC 7 3 2 5 4
1977 Czechoslovakia WC 10 0 4 4 6
1978 Czechoslovakia WC 9 1 2 3 8
1979 Czechoslovakia WC 8 2 2 4 8
1980 Czechoslovakia OLY 6 0 3 3 2
Senior totals 104 15 27 42 60

References

  1. ^ "Dispute could force hockey forfeits". Prague Post. November 10, 2010. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jiří Bubla". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "Dark Moments in BC Sports History". August 11, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2014.