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
confident doctor early stuff year
The doctor is confident it's just a strained pectoral muscle. It's too early in the year to try to play through stuff like that.
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.
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.
control crushing
It's out of your control, so it won't be crushing (if not picked).
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.
player winning what-matters
You can't always be the top player, but you can always contribute. I just want to win...that's what matters.
night games goal
My goal is to be at the top of my game every night.
hype bugs doe
The hype that follows me doesn't bug me. I expect more out of myself than anyone else does, that's for sure.
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.
game
We know how important the game is for them.
intensity kept match ray
We probably didn't match their intensity early. And Ray kept us in it early.
guys played stepping
We played well. Different guys are stepping up.