Jason Spezza
Jason Spezza
Jason Rocco Anthony Spezzais a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth13 June 1983
CityMississauga, Canada
coming deep expect favorite high knew order ourselves pace stanley talent team wins
I think with the talent we have, we knew we were a deep team, we knew we were a favorite coming into the year, we had high expectations for ourselves and we still do. We expect to keep this pace going. We know in order to be a team that wins the Stanley Cup, you have to be consistent.
early last night skating tonight took touched tougher
Last night everything we touched went in the net, and tonight it was tougher to put them in, but you can't make any excuses, we took too many penalties, we weren't skating as much and they took the play to us early on.
experience good guys initial injuries stay
I was disappointed not to be one of the initial 23 guys but it'll be a good experience just to go over there. You never know if there'll be injuries so you've got to stay ready.
experience good guys initial
I was disappointed not being one of the initial 23 guys getting dressed, but it's a good experience to go over there and be around these guys.
adds element extra
It adds an extra element to the game.
hard kept night worked
He got abused (yesterday) and kept going back for more. He worked hard and kept going at them. He was going hard all night to the net.
good hockey snap team
We're going to snap out of it. It's not something we're in for the long haul. We've just got too good a hockey team here.
game
We know how important the game is for them.
audition game good hockey left playing realize season sort time until
We have to realize we're not playing good hockey right now. But we still have one game left until the audition is over and the real season begins. We still have a little time to sort things out.
beat cup definitely factor jealous motivating road stanley win won
Yeah. They know how to win. They won it. We're jealous of where they were two years ago, and we want to try to get there. It will be big for us on our road to try to win the Cup if we can beat the Stanley Cup champions. It's definitely a motivating factor for us.
guys played stepping
We played well. Different guys are stepping up.
intensity kept match ray
We probably didn't match their intensity early. And Ray kept us in it early.
We didn't play the way we wanted to play in the first and we made adjustments.
gate home tough
We're at home and we want to be the ones who come storming out of the gate and make it tough on them.