Joachim Ziesche
Encyclopedia
Joachim Ziesche is a retired ice hockey
player. He participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics
. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame
in 1999.
and beat them 3 - 1 and Ziesche scored a goal which was his only goal in the tournament. Although the team never won a game, they still managed to finish 8th out of 14.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. He participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated...
. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame
IIHF Hall of Fame
The IIHF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1997, when 30 individuals were inducted at the world championships in Helsinki...
in 1999.
Early years
Ziesche competed for the East German national Ice hockey team during the 1968 Olympic tournament. In the Qualification Match, The East Germans took on NorwayNorway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and beat them 3 - 1 and Ziesche scored a goal which was his only goal in the tournament. Although the team never won a game, they still managed to finish 8th out of 14.