The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Conor Timmins and Connor Dewar from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Mar. 7.
The 26-year-old from St. Catharines, ON was initially a second round pick (32nd overall) of the Colorado Avalanche in the 2017 Draft. In 144 career games, the right-handed defenseman has five goals and 34 assists for 39 points.
Here are three things to know about the newest member of the Penguins.
Timmins has represented Canada at only one international event, the 2018 World Junior Championships, where he won the Gold Medal.
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Besides his success in the medal round, including an assist on the Golden Goal, Timmins was named a WJC Top 3 Player on Team and led the entire tournament with a plus-15 rating. In seven games, he had a goal and four helpers.
Timmins skated three seasons with the Soo Greyhounds, serving as an alternate captain during his final season in 2017-18.
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His best season came in 2016-17, when he was almost a point-per-game player, scoring 61 points (7G, 54A) in 67 games, the best statistical season of his hockey career.
Overall, Timmins scored 19 goals and collected 96 assists in 163 OHL games to finish with 115 points, good enough for a .71 points-per-game average. He played in the CHL Top Prospects Game in 2017.
Five days before Timmins pulled on a black and gold jersey, he scored his first goal in 35 games in a wild 6-5 win over the Penguins on Mar. 2.
Timmins has scored only five goals in his career, including his first against the Philadelphia Flyers (Jan. 8, 2023), followed by lamplighters against the Chicago Blackhawks (Feb. 15, 2023), New York Rangers (Dec. 12, 2023), and the Montreal Canadiens (Nov. 9, 2024).
Interestingly, Timmins has goals against three of the Original Six teams, just missing the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, and Maple Leafs.
Despite playing with the Arizona Coyotes (eight games) and Colorado Avalanche (33 games), all of Timmins’ goals have come with Toronto (101 games).
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