Lalli Partinen | |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1941 |
Birth Place: | Kannonkoski, Finland |
Death Place: | Lappeenranta, Finland |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 218 |
Position: | Left wing |
Shoots: | Left |
Played For: | SaiPa HIFK |
Ntl Team: | FIN |
Career Start: | 1959 |
Career End: | 1977 |
Lalli Simo Samuli Partinen (20 August 1941 – 4 May 2022) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.
Partinen played for HIFK and SaiPa. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Winter Olympics.[1] Partinen also represented Finland at the Hockey World Championships during the years: 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1973. He also won two Finnish championships in seasons 1969–70 and 1973–74. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987.
Partinen died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Lappeenranta on 4 May 2022, aged 80.[2]
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