Josef Heiß | |||
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Born |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, FRG |
June 13, 1963 ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Left | ||
Played for |
SC Riessersee Düsseldorfer EG Kölner Haie |
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National team | Germany | ||
Playing career | 1980–2001 |
Joseph "Peppi" Heiß (born 13 June 1963 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany) is a retired German ice hockey goaltender.
He started his career with SC Riessersee in 1980. He played for Riessersee, Düsseldorfer EG and Kölner Haie.
After playing about 1200 games in the German League and 140 games for the German national men's hockey team he retired in 2001 because of a knee injury.
His daughter Stella Heiß is a successful curler who represented Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics. At seventeen years, she was the youngest curler at the Games.