Josef "Jupp" Kompalla (born 13 March 1936 in

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popu ...

) is a retired German

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. He is best known for his officiating of the 1972

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between the

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and

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Career

Kompalla began his

career as a player with Gwardia Katowice in 1951. He won three Polish junior championships with Gwardia Katowice before playing for Gornik Katowice. He emigrated to West Germany in 1958 and joined Preussen Krefeld in German league. He retired from playing in 1961. He joined the

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as an official in 1970. In 1972, Kompalla was selected to officiate the

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matches between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. That same year, he was also selected to officiate the

between the

and

. His officiating partner during this series was

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. Both Kompalla and Baader received criticism from Team Canada during the series, which resulted in Kompalla pairing up with Rudolf Baťa for the final game. During the final game, he called a penalty against Canadian

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which resulted in the player angrily swinging his stick in a threatening gesture at Kompalla. This resulted in a game misconduct for Parise, although Team Canada won the series as a result of improved officiating. He also officiated in several IIHF World Championships,

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competitions, and

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. He was inducted into the

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in 2003. That same year, Kompalla resigned as the referee representative in the German Ice Hockey League but stayed with the organization as an official match watcher.

References

External links

IIHF Hall of Fame
1936 births 1972 Summit Series Living people Sportspeople from Katowice People from Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939) Polish ice hockey players Polish emigrants to Germany German ice hockey players German ice hockey officials IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-icehockey-bio-stub