Udo Kießling (born 21 May 1955) is a German retired

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

player. He competed at all Winter Olympics from 1976 to 1992, thus becoming the first ice hockey player to compete at five Olympics. He represented West Germany at the

1984 Canada Cup The 1984 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played during the first three weeks of September 1984. The best-of-three final took place between Canada and Sweden, with Canada winning a two game sweep. Canadian ...

. He also played one game for the

Minnesota North Stars The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, and the team's colors for ...

on 13 March 1982, becoming the first German-trained player to appear in the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

. He never played another NHL game. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2000.

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IIHF Hockey Hall of Fame bio
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiessling, Udo 1955 births Living people Augsburger Panther players Düsseldorfer EG players German expatriate ice hockey people German expatriate sportspeople in the United States German ice hockey defencemen Eishockey-Bundesliga players Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Minnesota North Stars players Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic ice hockey players of Germany Olympic ice hockey players of West Germany Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Crimmitschau Undrafted National Hockey League players Sportspeople from Saxony

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