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Jiří Bubla

Jiří Bubla

Czech ice hockey player


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

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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]

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References

  1. "Dispute could force hockey forfeits". Prague Post. November 10, 2010. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
  2. 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.
  3. "Dark Moments in BC Sports History". August 11, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2014.

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