Udo Kießling (born 21 May 1955) is a German retired
ice hockey
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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. Canadia ...
. 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; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
. He never played another NHL game. He was inducted into the
International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2000.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
See also
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List of players who played only one game in the NHL
This is a list of ice hockey players who have played only one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1917–18 to the present. This list does not count those who were on the active roster for one game but never actually played, or players w ...
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1955 births
Living people
Augsburger Panther players
Düsseldorfer EG players
East German emigrants to West Germany
Eishockey-Bundesliga players
German expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
German ice hockey defencemen
Ice hockey people from Krefeld
Ice hockey people from Saxony
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 for Germany
Olympic ice hockey players for West Germany
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
People from Crimmitschau
Undrafted National Hockey League players
West German expatriate sportspeople in the United States
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