Erkki Lehtonen (born January 9, 1957 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Tampere ( ˈtɑmpɛrɛ Swedish: Tammerfors or) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. SM-liiga is the top professional Ice hockey league in Finland, and generally regarded as one of the top leagues in Europe He played for Tappara. Tappara ("battleaxe" is an Ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1997. The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampere, Finland and was created in 1979 to honor those individuals that have contributed He also won a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Calgary