Jiri Bubla ( Czech. Jiří Bubla , January 27, 1950 , Usti nad Labem , Czechoslovakia ) - Czechoslovakian hockey player, defender. Three-time world champion, silver medalist of the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck .
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| Position | defender | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm | |||||||||||||||
| The weight | 91 kg | |||||||||||||||
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| Citizenship |  Czechoslovakia Czech | |||||||||||||||
| Born | January 27, 1950 (69 years old) | |||||||||||||||
| Career | 1967-1986 | |||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Achievements
- 2.1 Team
- 2.2 Personal
- 3 Statistics
- 4 Family
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
Jiri Bubla began his hockey career at the Litvinov club, making his debut in the Czechoslovak championship at the end of the 1967/68 season. From 1969 to 1971 he played for the Dukla Jihlava army team, with which he won the Czechoslovak League gold medals twice. In 1971, Bubla returned to the Litvinov. After 8 years, he moved to Prague “ Sparta ”, played two seasons for it. Throughout his career in the Czechoslovak League he was the main defender of the Czechoslovak team . As part of the national team, he won the World Cup three times, was the silver medalist of the Olympic Games. In addition to three gold medals, he won 6 more awards at the World Championships (5 silver and 1 bronze). He was a finalist for the 1976 Canada Cup .
In 1981, he went overseas to the NHL club Vancouver Canucks . He played in Vancouver for 5 years, spent only 23 matches in the first season due to an injury, and in the remaining four seasons he was a stable player in the team. He ended his career in 1986. After finishing his career, he became a Vancouver scout.
In 1987, he was arrested during a World Cup in Vienna on charges of drug trafficking. After four years in an Austrian prison, he was released and rehabilitated [1] . He currently lives in Vancouver .
Achievements
Team
- World Champion 1972, 1976, 1977
- Silver medalist of the World Cup 1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979
- 1973 World Championship bronze medalist
- Silver medalist at the 1976 Olympics
- Canada Cup Finalist 1976
- Finalist of the Stanley Cup 1982
- Champion of Czechoslovakia 1970 and 1971
- Silver medalist of the Czechoslovak Championship 1978
- Bronze medalist of the European Championship among juniors 1969
Personal
- The best defender of the World Cup 1979
- Entered the symbolic team of the world championships 1978 and 1979
- Member of the Czech Hockey Hall of Fame (from 06/06/2010)
Statistics
- Czechoslovak Championship - 472 games, 94 goals
- Czechoslovakia national team - 230 games, 37 goals
- NHL - 262 games, 118 points (17 goals + 101 assists)
- In total for a career - 964 games, 148 goals
Family
Married, two sons, Stepan and Jan. His illegitimate son is the famous Czech hockey player Jiri Schlegr - Olympic champion 1998, world champion 2005 and Stanley Cup winner 2002.
Notes
- ↑ Bubla: Byl jsem první, kdo sestřelil Gretzkého . iDNES.cz (October 18, 2006). Date of treatment November 14, 2018.