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Kimmo Timonen Will Retire At The End Of The Season

03/05/2015 at 3:58pm EST

from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,

This spring is Kimmo Timonen’s final shot at a Stanley Cup ring.

The 39-year-old defenceman told reporters in Chicago Thursday that he will be retiring at the end of the 2014-15 season but wants to remain involved in hockey as a coach.

Timonen, who only made his season debut Monday, was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks from the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2015 NHL draft and a conditional fourth-rounder in 2016.

Ironically, it was the Blackhawks who snuffed out the blueliner’s best shot at lifting the Cup back in 2010, when Chicago defeated Philly in a six-game Stanley Cup final.

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