Marko Lapinkoski (born October 2, 1969) is a Finnish former professional

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. Lapinkoski played 114 regular season games in the

SM-liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mest ...

for

Oulun Kärpät Oulun Kärpät (Finnish language, Finnish for "Oulu Stoat, Ermines", sometimes referred to as Kärpät Oulu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Oulu and playing in the top-tier Finnish Liiga. Kärpät have won the Finnish champion ...

and

Tappara Tappara (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the SM-liiga. They play at ''Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 20 Finnish league championships, wh ...

. He also had a two season stint in France for

Anglet Hormadi Élite Anglet Hormadi Pays Basque is an ice hockey team in Anglet, France. They play in the Ligue Magnus, the highest level of ice hockey in France. The club was runner-up (Ligue Magnus) in 2001. Due to Anglet's location in the French Basque Country, th ...

. Lapinkoski played in the

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with Finland in

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, where he won a bronze medal, and

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.Finland U20 1989 WJC-20 roster and statistics
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* 1969 births Living people Anglet Hormadi Élite players Finnish ice hockey forwards Kiekko-Laser players Kokkolan Hermes players Oulun Kärpät players Ice hockey people from Oulu Tappara players {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub