Josef Heiß Explained

Caption:Josef Heiß in 2014
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:187
Played For:SC Riessersee
Düsseldorfer EG
Kölner Haie
Ntl Team:GER
Birth Date:June 13, 1963
Birth Place:Garmisch-Partenkirchen, FRG
Career Start:1980
Career End: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.

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