Kimmo Timonen’s life changed when he was handed the Stanley Cup by Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews on June 15, 2015.



After playing in 1,103 NHL career regular-season and playoff games, Timonen was finally a Stanley Cup champion. It also happened to be his final game.



A year later, I caught up with Timonen on while he was traveling through Europe and discussed how retirement has been treating him, what he’s been up to and how winning the Stanley Cup last year has impacted his life.



Scott Powers: It’s the one year anniversary of winning the Stanley Cup. What do you remember about that day?



Kimmo Timonen: To be honest, I think it was one of the best days in my life, at least in hockey life. The whole day was kind super real. We all know how hard it is to win the Cup. I’ve been there before, but we lost the Game 6. I knew it’s going to be a hard game and a hard-fought match.



One of the coolest memories I...