Jiří Lála

Jiří Lála (born 21 August 1959) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player.

Jiří Lála
Born	(1959-08-21) 21 August 1959 (age 65) Tábor, Czechoslovakia
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Right
Played for	HC České Budějovice HC Dukla Jihlava Eintracht Frankfurt/Frankfurt Lions Adler Mannheim SC Bern Grasshopper Club Zürich Ayr Scottish Eagles ERC Selb EV Eisbären Regensburg
National team	Czechoslovakia
NHL draft	76th overall, 1982 Quebec Nordiques
Playing career	1976–2002

Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's ice hockey
Winter Olympics
	1984 Sarajevo
World Championships
	1985 Czechoslovakia
	1982 Finland
	1983 West Germany
	1981 Sweden
World Junior Championships
	1979 Sweden

Career

Lála played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Jihlava. He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1981 Canada Cup team and was a silver medalist at the 1984 Winter Olympics. He was named the best forward at the 1983 World Championships and was the top scorer on the Czechoslovak team that won the world championship in 1985, with 13 points (8+5) in 10 games.

After 510 games and 297 goals in Czechoslovakia, he moved to West Germany in 1989.

He immediately became the top scorer for his home team Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1989/90 and 1990/91 seasons. After heavy mismanagement and near bankruptcy of Eintracht Frankfurt, he played for Mannheimer ERC for two seasons, until he returned to Frankfurt in the 1994/95 season to play in the newly formed Frankfurt Lions team.

He retired from the sport in 2006. Lála was inducted into the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame on 6 May 2010.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1976–77	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		22	2	6	8	6		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		27	9	4	13	10		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		42	22	18	40	16		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	ASD Dukla Jihlava	TCH		44	40	22	62	10		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	ASD Dukla Jihlava	TCH		44	24	26	50	—		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		44	38	22	60	18		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		44	26	24	50	12		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		36	28	13	41	10		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		35	19	25	44	28		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		29	20	23	43	32		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		38	30	38	68	40		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	TJ Motor České Budějovice	TCH		45	26	39	65	26		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Eintracht Frankfurt	1.GBun		35	36	39	75	12		3	1	2	3	4
1990–91	Eintracht Frankfurt	1.GBun		44	47	59	106	28		3	0	1	1	2
1991–92	Mannheimer ERC	1.GBun		28	27	27	54	41		7	6	5	11	6
1991–92	SC Bern	NDA		—	—	—	—	—		1	0	0	0	0
1992–93	Mannheimer ERC	1.GBun		36	32	34	66	28		8	2	6	8	4
1993–94	Mannheimer ERC	1.GBun		41	21	29	50	18		4	4	1	5	4
1994–95	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		41	18	44	62	39		5	4	5	9	4
1994–95	Grasshopper Club Zürich	SUI II		—	—	—	—	—		7	11	4	15	0
1995–96	Frankfurt Lions	DEL		50	36	49	85	18		3	0	3	3	0
1996–97	Ayr Scottish Eagles	GBR		40	24	20	44	10		7	4	11	15	0
1997–98	ERC Selb	DEU II		52	32	52	84	30		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	ERC Selb	DEU III		31	35	25	60	14		12	11	17	28	8
1999–2000	ERC Selb	DEU III		34	22	33	55	8		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	EV Regensburg	DEU III		51	36	57	93	18		10	8	18	26	8
2001–02	Eisbären Regensburg	DEU II		20	7	13	20	2		—	—	—	—	—
TCH totals				502	303	275	578	220		—	—	—	—	—
1.GBun totals				184	163	188	351	127		23	13	15	28	20
DEL totals				91	54	93	147	57		8	4	8	12	4

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1979	Czechoslovakia	WJC		6	0	3	3	6
1981	Czechoslovakia	WC		8	7	3	10	2
1981	Czechoslovakia	CC		6	4	2	6	0
1982	Czechoslovakia	WC		10	6	3	9	0
1983	Czechoslovakia	WC		10	9	5	14	4
1984	Czechoslovakia	OLY		7	1	4	5	0
1984	Czechoslovakia	CC		5	0	0	0	0
1985	Czechoslovakia	WC		10	8	5	13	6
1986	Czechoslovakia	WC		10	1	1	2	0
1988	Czechoslovakia	OLY		6	2	1	3	2
Junior totals				6	0	3	3	6
Senior totals				72	38	24	62	14

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database