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
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.
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.
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.
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.
confidence good matter ready time win winning year
It doesn't matter what time of year it is, we want to win games. That's good for our confidence to keep winning games. We want to be ready for the (regular) season.
definitely games heal miss properly slowly time
I'm slowly getting better ... it's still kind of day-by-day. It's definitely frustrating, any time you miss games it's frustrating. But the most important thing is we heal it properly and it doesn't become a reoccurring problem.
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.
adds element extra
It adds an extra element to the game.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.