Vladimir Rubes

Vladimir Rubes
Born (1970-09-08) 8 September 1970
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
AIHL team
Former teams
Sydney Bears
Daytona Beach Sun Devils
Memphis RiverKings
West Palm Beach Blaze
National team  Australia
Playing career 1993present

Vladimir Rubes (Czech: Vladimír Rubeš) (born 8 September 1970) is an Australian ice hockey player and coach. He is currently plays for and coaches the Sydney Bears of the Australian Ice Hockey League and is the current head coach of the Australian men's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

Rubes first played for the West Palm Beach Blaze of the Sunshine Hockey League in 1993.[1] He played six games for the West Palm Beach Blaze during the 1993-94 season before being traded to the Daytona Beach Sun Devils of the same league. Rubes finished the remainder of the season with the Sun Devils, playing 41 games and scoring 33 points.[1] For the start of the 1998-99 season in North America he joined the Memphis RiverKings of the Central Hockey League, scoring 44 points in 56 games of the regular season. In 2000 Rubes moved to Australia where he joined the Sydney Bears of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL).[1] The following season with the Bears Rubes was given the position of coach as well as remaining a player for the team. He has continued to represent the Bears as a player-coach and in the 2011 AIHL season Rubes was also named the teams alternate captain.[1] Rubes has also previously played in the Czech Republic 2. Division and the Major Junior League.[2]

He was first called up to represent Australia in 2000 where he joined the national senior team to compete in the 2000 IIHF World Championship Pool D tournament being held in Reykjavík, Iceland. Australia finished third and were promoted to Division II for the following year after a change of format in the World Championship program.[3] Rubes finished the tournament with four goals and two points in his four games.[1] The following years Rubes was called up to represent Australia in the new Division II tournament. He was only played for one of the five games, managing to score a single goal.[4] After a couple of years out of the Australian team Rubes was recalled to the national team to compete in the 2004 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A being held in Jaca, Spain.[5] Australia finished third in the standings while Rubes finished with the most points of the tournament with twelve and was named the tournaments best forward.[1] After the 2004 World Championships Rubes was a permanent member of the national team, representing Australia at every World Championship until his final appearance in 2009.[1]

Coaching career

Rubes started his coaching career in 2001 when he was appointed as the assistant coach of the Australian men's national under-18 ice hockey team who at the time were playing in the IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships.[6] Rubes also picked up the role as coach of the Sydney Bears while at the same time remaining as a player for the team. In his first season as coach of the Bears the team finished runners up in the AIHL final. The Bears improved on their second-place finish in 2001, finishing the 2002 AIHL season first in the regular season standings and winning the Goodall Cup playoffs.[1] In 2003 Rubes was appointed head coach of the national under-18 team.[7] Rubes continued to serve as the head coach of the national under-18 team until the end of the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships.[1] He was replaced by Newcastle North Stars player Robert Starke.[8] In 2007 Rubes coached the Bears to win their second Goodall Cup, defeating the North Stars in the final. In 2011 he was appointed head coach of the Australian men's national ice hockey team. Under Rubes Australia competed in the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Melbourne, Australia. Australia won the tournament and gained promotion to Division I Group B for the following year.[9] The following year, competing in Division I Group B, Australia lost all of their games and were relegated back to Division II Group A.[10]

Personal life

Rubes was born of 8 September 1970 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He currently lives in Freshwater, New South Wales, Australia with his wife, Martina, and two children.[2][11]

Career statistics

Playing career

Vladimir Rubes
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Ice hockey
Ice Hockey World Championships
2001 Majadahonda Division II A
2004 Jaca Division II A
2005 Zagreb Division II A
2006 Auckland Division II B
2007 Seoul Division II B
2008 Newcastle Division II B
Regular season and postseason
Regular season Postseason
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1993-94 West Palm Beach Blaze SuHL 6 2 1 3 0
1993-94 Daytona Beach Sun Devils SuHL 41 14 19 33 54
1998-99 Memphis RiverKings CHL 56 24 20 44 34 4 0 1 1 2
2002 Sydney Bears AIHL 13 10 13 23 37
2003 Sydney Bears AIHL 4 5 9 14 0
2004 Sydney Bears AIHL 18 13 9 22 54
2005 Sydney Bears AIHL 23 14 18 32 55
2006 Sydney Bears AIHL 25 20 34 54 48
2007 Sydney Bears AIHL 24 15 26 41 34
2008 Sydney Bears AIHL 26 16 34 50 14 1 0 1 1 0
2009 Sydney Bears AIHL 19 16 20 36 35
2010 Sydney Bears AIHL 22 9 25 34 18
2011 Sydney Bears AIHL 24 11 24 35 16
International
Year Team Comp   GP G A Pts PIM
2000 Australia 2000 IIHF World Championship Pool D 4 4 2 6 0
2001 Australia 2001 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A 1 1 0 1 0
2004 Australia 2004 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A 5 5 7 12 0
2005 Australia 2005 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A 5 3 1 4 2
2006 Australia 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B 5 1 4 5 4
2007 Australia 2007 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B 4 2 3 5 4
2008 Australia 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B 5 1 3 4 16
2009 Australia 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A 5 0 1 1 4

Coaching career

Team Year Regular season Post season
G W T OTW OTL L Pts Finish Result
Sydney Bears 2001 16 7 1 8 15 2nd Lost final, 7–10 (Adelaide Avalanche)
2002 15 12 1 2 25 1st Won final, def. Adelaide Avalanche
2003 6 1 0 5 2 5th Did not qualify
2004 29 8 6 1 4 10 31 3rd Lost semi-final, 4–5 (West Sydney Ice Dogs)
2005 26 11 0 2 1 12 38 4th Lost semi-final, def. by Adelaide Avalanche
2006 28 15 0 0 1 11 49 5th Did not qualify
2007 28 14 4 2 8 49 4th Won semi-final, 4–1 (Adelaide Avalanche)
Won final, 4–3 (Newcastle North Stars)
2008 28 20 0 1 7 61 1st Lost semi-final, 5–7 (Newcastle North Stars)
2009 24 1 3 0 20 9 7th Did not qualify
2010 24 12 1 3 8 41 3rd Lost semi-final, 1–2 (Melbourne Ice)
2011 28 2 2 3 21 13 8th Did not qualify
Team Role Competition G W T OTW OTL L Pts Finish Result
Australia U/18 Assistant coach 2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship 3 1 1 1 3 3rd [12]
Assistant coach 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship 5 4 0 1 8 2nd [13]
Head coach 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A 3 3 0 0 6 1st Promoted to Division II for 2004[7]
Head coach 2004 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Group B 5 0 1 4 1 6th Relegated to Division III for 2005[14]
Head coach 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III 5 5 0 0 10 1st Promoted to Division II for 2006[15]
Head coach 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Group B 5 2 0 3 4 3rd [16]
Australia Head coach 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A 5 5 0 0 0 15 1st Promoted to Division I Group B for 2012[9]
Head coach 2012 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B 5 0 0 0 5 0 6th Relegated to Division II Group A for 2013

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  10. "2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Div. I Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  11. "2015 Player Announcements". Sydney Bears. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
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  13. "2002 IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship Div I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
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