Lasse Nieminen (born August 29, 1966) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey

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. Nieminen played a total of 521 games in the

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for JYP.Profile at Liiga.fi
/ref> He played with the team from 1983 to 1990, 1991 to 1996 and 1997 to 1998. After leaving JYP, he played in the

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for

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and in Sweden's Division 2 for Halmstad Hammers before retiring in 2000. Nieminen then came out of retirement in 2005 to play for the

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of the

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for one season before retiring again for good.

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* 1966 births Living people Adelaide Avalanche players JYP Jyväskylä players Sportspeople from Jyväskylä 20th-century Finnish people {{finland-icehockey-bio-stub