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
games good hockey lose row three winning wins
You don't want to lose three in a row to anyone. But we've got a good thing going here. We're winning hockey games and we just want to keep it going. The more wins you get, the better.
games special teams win
Special teams are big. That's how you're going to win games down the stretch.
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.
acceptable cup stanley
I think so. The Stanley Cup is our goal. That's what we want to win, and nothing else is acceptable for us.
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.
behind stanley trying win worried
That's all behind us. All we're worried about now is trying to win the Stanley Cup.
games style jason
I'd really like to have my own style of game and be known as Jason Spezza, not a Mario Lemieux or Wayne Gretzky 'clone.'
team thinking guy
If I ever have a chance to become a top-notch guy on a top team, I think that's more valuable than anything else.
cutting player want
I didn't want to be cut, but it made me a better person and a better player.
writing player people
You guys will write what you want to write, people will say what they want to say. I can't control any of that. All I can control is how I play. I'm trying to be the best player I can be.