Jiří Bubla

Jiri Bubla
Born	(1950-01-27) January 27, 1950 Ústí nad Labem, TCH
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	Vancouver Canucks
National team	Czechoslovakia
Playing career	1981–1986

Jiří Bubla

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Competitor for Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Silver	1976 Innsbruk	Ice Hockey
World Championships
Silver	1971 Switzerland	Ice Hockey
Gold	1972 Czechoslovakia	Ice Hockey
Bronze	1973 USSR	Ice Hockey
Silver	1974 Finland	Ice Hockey
Silver	1975 West Germany	Ice Hockey
Gold	1976 Poland	Ice Hockey
Gold	1977 Austria	Ice Hockey
Silver	1978 Czechoslovakia	Ice Hockey
Silver	1979 USSR	Ice Hockey

Jiří Bubla (born January 27, 1950) is a retired Czech 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.

Following his retirement from 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.[1]

External links

• Jiri Bubla's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Jiri Bubla's career stats at Eliteprospects.com
• Jiri Bubla's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Jiri Bubla's player profile at NHL.com