| Jiri Bubla | |
|---|---|
| Born | 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 |
| 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[1] (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]