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
confidence full people proving starting
I have full confidence in him. And I think he's proving to other people now that he can be the starting guy.
bug great people talk
It doesn't bug us at all that people talk about us as a contender. We know we have a great team, and we know we have to go out and show it.
bigger elevate people physically picked stronger team
I'm stronger physically and I think stronger mentally, too. I'm bigger than people think because I'm not too physical normally. But, in the playoffs, you have to elevate your game. You play the same team so often, you'll get picked on if you don't.
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.
bad game goal great hard nice people quit score
It was a big goal and we were pretty excited. We battled hard for a great comeback. People had kind of quit on us in this game and we battled back to score and it was nice to get that. Too bad we didn't score in overtime.
against florida guys nice night paid people playing price realize supposed teams took wins
It was nice to get the wins against the teams we're supposed to beat. What people don't realize is these guys are playing for their jobs. We took a night off against Florida and paid the price (in a 6-2 loss).
dinner good happen plans somewhere talking worst
We were talking about making dinner plans and getting a reservation somewhere but it was good that they got it fixed. With the compressed schedule, the worst thing that could happen is we'd have to re-schedule the game.
close final nail team
You get a team down 3-1, you want to close it out in your own building. You want to put the final nail in the coffin.
good hopefully injured quite rust shake
We weren't quite the same as we were before I got injured but I'll shake the rust off and hopefully we'll have a good one tonight.
leads squander third
We have got to play better with the lead. We don't squander too many leads in the third and we don't want to make it a habit.
games guess happen maybe practice sit stay watching
I don't know what is going to happen or where we would stay or if we could practice. Hopefully, we're at least going to get to practice with the team. I guess we could go to the games and sit in the stands. If that's the case, maybe (Staal) and I will be just there having beers, watching the games.
lying thinking
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't thinking about it a bit.
definitely intensity played
Murray definitely called us out. So, we played with more intensity tonight.
chance experience playing
The only way you get experience is by playing in these things. I haven't had any experience because I haven't had a chance to play in any of these. We've always made the playoffs, so I never had a chance to go to the (men's) world championships.