“You have to have a strong self-belief,” he said.
That belief is being bolstered by assistant coach Mike Van Ryn. To spend any time around Van Ryn is to come away from it feeling more uplifted about the world around you. Van Ryn’s boisterous positivity is contagious. It’s rubbed off on Timmins.
“(Van Ryn) reinforces the things that have made me successful: Continuing to stay strong with my competitiveness, my battle and making the open play when it’s there,” Timmins said.