Lasse Kalevi Oksanen (born December 7, 1942) is a retired professional

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player who mostly played in the

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. He played for

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. Oksanen played 23 years as a professional ice hockey player and ended his career in 1983, with the First Division team KOOVEE. He was inducted into the

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in 1987. He also played 282 games for the

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, and was inducted into the

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in 1999.

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* 1942 births Asiago Hockey 1935 players Finnish ice hockey right wingers HC Gardena players Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ilves players KOOVEE players Living people Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Ice hockey people from Tampere Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Italy Ice hockey players with retired numbers IIHF Hall of Fame inductees {{Finland-icehockey-winger-stub