Partinen 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, aged 80. ==Honours==