Finnish ice hockey player (1941–2022)

Lalli Simo Samuli Partinen (20 August 1941 – 4 May 2022) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Honours
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Biography

He played for HIFK and SaiPa. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Winter Olympics. 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, at the age of 80.

Honours

HIFK Hockey

• Finnish Ice Hockey Championship: 1969–70, 1973–74

50th anniversary of SaiPa's 1965-1966 bronze medal team, Partinen (second right)

References

External links

• Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio