Jiří Lála

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

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