Huskies head to Australia and New Zealand, Timmins’ home country, for a 12-day exhibition trip. The next two weeks will be a chance for Timmins and several Huskies to stand out on a team that lost its three leading scorers.
Thank goodness for Skype or else Sam Timmins might have gone a little stir crazy in Seattle these past few months.
The New Zealand native, who admittedly battled bouts of homesickness, is also grateful to his nana — his mom’s mom — who regularly sent pics from home via Snapchat.
“I get a good laugh out of that,” said the Huskies freshman forward.