Jiří Bubla

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

Jiri Bubla
Bubla in 1979
Born	(1950-01-27) January 27, 1950 (age 75) 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 1976 Innsbruck Team World Championships 1972 Czechoslovakia Team 1976 Poland Team 1977 Austria Team 1971 Switzerland Team 1974 Finland Team 1975 West Germany Team 1978 Czechoslovakia Team 1979 USSR Team 1973 USSR Team

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, who is also an ice hockey player.^[2]

He completed for Czechoslovakia at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where the teams won the silver medal, and at the 1980 Winter Olympics.^[3]

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.^[4] Convicted of smuggling four kilograms of heroin out of Pakistan into Canada via Austria, he served five years in prison in Austria.^[2]

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