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This article is about Player Kimmo Timonen of NHL Philadelphia Flyers.
Name: Kimmo Timonen
Born: March 18, 1975
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Weight: 194 lb
Role: Defense
NHL Draft: 250th overall, 1993
Address: Kuopio, FIN
Philadelphia Flyers Jersey />Team: Philadelphia Flyers
Number: 44
Philadelphia Flyers Jersey />He is an alternate captain for the Flyers during away games.
Kimmo is married to Johanna and has 3 children; son Samuel and daughters Ella Amelie and Ava Fiona.
Timonen was the youngest player to represent Finland at the 1993 IIHF World Junior Championships at the age of 17. He recorded the second-highest shot total in the tournament with 44.
Timonen was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the tenth round, 250th overall, of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. After the draft, he continued to play in his native Finland for several years, Philadelphia Flyers Jersey first for KalPa and then later for TPS. In 1998, Timonen played on the bronze medal-winning Finnish Olympic team in Nagano. Shortly after the Olympics, the Kings traded him along with Jan Vopat to the Nashville Predators organization (the team not yet having begun play) in agreement that Nashville would not select Garry Galley in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft.
During the 1998–99 NHL season, Timonen split time between Nashville and their IHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. The following year, he was promoted to a full-time NHL player. He played the next four seasons for the Predators, steadily improving his offensive output, until the 2004–05 NHL lockout. During the lockout, Timonen played for his hometown team, KalPa, which he partly owns with former Flyers teammate Sami Kapanen. Timonen also persuaded his teammate Adam Hall to play for KalPa for the duration of the lockout.
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Timonen represented Finland at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and led his team in scoring with six points, the fifth-highest total overall in the tournament.
On October 3, 2006, Timonen was named the captain of the Nashville Predators for the 2006–07 season. That season proved to be a career year for Timonen with him registering career highs in both assists and total points.
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Who is the Philadelphia Flyers\' leader? No one has been named to replace Mike Richards as captain, but don\'t forget Chris Pronger is there. Claude Giroux, Kimmo Timonen or Danny Briere are available. Regardless of who wears the \"C,\" this team has ample leadership.
The Flyers have always been intrigued by bloodlines, especially brothers. From the Sutters to the Watsons to Jussi and Kimmo Timonen and Brayden Schenn, with his older brother Luke playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Flyers\' belief is that with regards to success in the league, where there is smoke there is definitely genetic fire.
