Jiří Bubla
Appearance
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![]() Bubla in 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia | January 27, 1950||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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NHL draft | Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1981–1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Dispute could force hockey forfeits". Prague Post. November 10, 2010. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dark Moments in BC Sports History". August 11, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Jiří Bubla at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
- Jiří Bubla at Olympic.cz (in Czech) (archived)
- Jiri Bubla at Olympics.com
- Jiří Bubla at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Czech ice hockey defencemen
- Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen
- Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- HC Litvínov players
- HC Sparta Praha players
- Vancouver Canucks players
- Drug traffickers
- Ice hockey people from Ústí nad Labem
- Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
- Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people
- Czech prisoners and detainees
- Sportspeople convicted of crimes