Lalli Partinen
{{Short description|Finnish ice hockey player (1941–2022)}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Lalli Partinen
| halloffame =
| image = Lalli-Partinen-1988.jpg
| caption = Lalli Partinen in 1988
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|08|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kannonkoski, Finland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|05|04|1941|08|20|df=y}}
| death_place = Lappeenranta, Finland
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 218
| position = Left wing
| shoots = Left
| 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.
Biography
Partinen played for HIFK and SaiPa. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/lalli-partinen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182336/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/lalli-partinen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Lalli Partinen Olympic Results |accessdate=17 May 2019}} 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.{{cite news |title=Etelä-Saimaa: Lalli Partinen on kuollut |url=https://www.is.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000008795566.html |publisher=Ilta-Sanomat |access-date=5 May 2022|language=fi |date=5 May 2022}}
Honours
HIFK Hockey
File:50th anniversary of SaiPa's 1965-1966 bronze medal 1.jpg's 1965-1966 bronze medal team, Partinen (second right)]]
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070320072305/http://www.tampere.fi/jaakiekkomuseo/players.htm Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio]
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Category:HIFK (ice hockey) players
Category:Ice hockey players with retired numbers
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Category:People from Kannonkoski
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
Category:Ice hockey people from Central Finland
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