Kimmo Timonen Fun Facts

Off-Season Residence/Birthplace: Kuopio, Finland
Family: Wife Johanna, son Samuel, daughters Elle and Ava

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What kind of car do you drive?
Range Rover Sport

What is your favorite food?
Steak and a baked potato

Who is your favorite athlete?
Tiger Woods

What question would you ask your favorite athlete?
How can make my golf swing better?

What was your best Halloween costume?
Headless guy

If you weren’t a hockey player, what would you be?
Teacher

What was your best vacation ever?
Rome

What is your favorite magazine/newspaper?
USA Today

What do you do to relax?
I play with my kids

List five songs that are in your Ipod.
Runaway (Bon Jovi)
Summer of 69’ (Bryan Adams)
Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day)
Days Go By (Keith Urban)
Long Day (Matchbox 20)

Who are your favorite actor and actress?
Al Pacino and Halle Berry

What is your favorite movie?
The Departed

What food is your weakness?
Finnish candy

Where is the best place you've ever traveled?
Rome

If you could have a super power what would it be?
I would like to fly

What actor would play you in a movie?
Aaron Eckhart

What is the last thing you bought yourself, just for fun?
A cappuccino maker

What reality TV show is your favorite?
Survivor

What is the last book you read?
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

Which teammate of yours is most likely to become a coach after his playing days?
Sami Kapanen

If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?
Bono

What is your favorite road city to play in?
Colorado

What was your "welcome to the NHL" moment?
When Kris Draper hit me behind and knocked out my front teeth

Who was your idol growing up?
Jari Kurri

What is your favorite sport to watch other than hockey?
Football

What is your favorite sport to play other than hockey?
Tennis

What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas

What is the worst holiday gift you ever received?
A pair of socks, which I seem to get every year

What is the one item you cannot live without?
Earplugs