Kimmo Timonen
Kimmo Timonen
Kimmo Samuel Timonenis a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Nashville Predators, Philadelphia Flyers, and Chicago Blackhawks. Timonen had played in over 1,100 NHL matches before retiring. During his career, Timonen had also featured in three IIHF World Junior Championships, seven IIHF World Championships, two World Cups and five Olympic tournaments. He won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2015...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth18 March 1975
CityKuopio, Finland
We knew special teams was going to be important.
To be honest, we did. You look at their lineup. It's a pretty good lineup.
When you go to school, you have to learn Swedish, that's the first thing.
We had a meeting about that before the first game. If you start thinking you miss this guy or you need that guy, you won't win. As a group, you can't worry about that. It's all about the team game.
There are going to be bumps in the road and this is one of them for us. We know we can't play this way over the final 10 games.
I had kind of a dizzy feeling throughout the whole game. It's going to take some time, but there's nothing you can do but try to battle back and get ready for the next game.
Friday night, everybody goes to the bar and drinks beer and watches hockey. I'm sure they're drinking more now.
I don't think we really got our game going tonight at all. You win with good defense, not good offense, and right now we're not playing good enough defense.
That's the way things go once in a while. We were bad in the first period. There were too many chances for them, and when you fall back 3-1, it's hard to come back against a good team.
Every game is big with only 23 to go, but (hosting Vancouver) is definitely one of the biggest. We can't afford to take any nights off.
Every time we play Sweden it's a big game, it doesn't matter if it's the world championships or an exhibition game.
Every time we get another win, we just get more confidence. I'll be honest and say I thought we were the better team. I've never been on a team this tight and together.