Complex sentence: In 1936, he was the first ice hockey player from the University of Minnesota to be selected to compete in the Winter Olympics held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1936, he was the first ice hockey player from the University of Minnesota to be selected to compete in a Winter Olympics. The 1936 Olympic Games were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.