Vladimir Rubes
| Vladimir Rubes | |||
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| Born |
8 September 1970 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
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AIHL team Former teams |
Sydney Bears Daytona Beach Sun Devils Memphis RiverKings West Palm Beach Blaze |
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| National team |
 Australia
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| Playing career | 1993–present | ||
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| Representing Australia
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Ice Hockey World Championships | ||
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2001 Majadahonda | Division II A |
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2004 Jaca | Division II A |
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2005 Zagreb | Division II A |
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2006 Auckland | Division II B |
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2007 Seoul | Division II B |
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2008 Newcastle | Division II B |
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.
Rubes first played for the West Palm Beach Blaze of the Sunshine Hockey League in 1993. 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. 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). 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. Rubes has also previously played in the Czech Republic 2. Division and the Major Junior League.
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. Rubes finished the tournament with four goals and two points in his four games. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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