Ntl Team: | DDR |
Played For: | SC Dynamo Berlin |
Position: | Centre |
Shoots: | Right |
Birth Date: | 1939 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Dresden, Nazi Germany |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 201 |
Draft: | Undrafted |
Career Start: | 1958 |
Career End: | 1970 |
Joachim Ziesche (born 3 July 1939 in Dresden, Nazi Germany) is a retired ice hockey defender. He participated at the 1968 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1999.[1]
He played for SC Dynamo Berlin and holds the record of the second-highest number of goals in club history at 284.[2] He became the head coach for East Germany for 18 years, winning the GDR-championships 15 times and playing over 200 international matches.[3] After retiring from play, he became the national coach, retiring in 1990 in protest of the sport's national decline.[4]