Chris Mason Quotes (27 Quotes)

I wanted to speed them up a little bit, get them out of their comfort zone. Once they get comfortable, they're tough.

Regardless of who you're playing, you bring your (best) efforts. Playoffs are six games away now. We can't afford to be coasting.

England should change their name to Great Britain, if only to help Welshmen like me have easier lives. It's so tedious explaining to work colleagues how I can support 'England' in cricket and England's opposition in rugby and football.

It's gone down quite a bit, lost a lot of business.

I thought that we played regular season hockey to that point. They've been playing playoff hockey, and we said, 'You know what We've got nothing to lose.

We knew they were going to be looking to call penalties, so we've got no one to blame but ourselves. You can question a couple of them, but that's the same every game. You have to learn to adjust.

You just kind of have to be patient and hopefully kind of out-wait the shooter, ... You try to match their speed. If you give them extra net to shoot at, they're going to score.

There were times when he just carried us.

The bottom line is it's only one game. I feel like I'm going to get better as it goes on. We intend on trying to prove people wrong as a team and myself.

I want to play well in front of the fans. They've just seen this guy with the bald head on the end of the bench. They probably don't know if I can play or not.

They seem to be one of the more difficult teams for us to beat. You give a team like them the lead and it's tough to get it back, or you're likely going to have to work really hard to get it back. It just puts you in a tough situation.

I'd also say that chemistry is one of our biggest assets. That's one of the most important things for team success. Everybody's on the same page and we're all there for one another.

You'd like to stop them all, but sometimes there's not much you can do. You just have to get ready for the next opportunity.

I was a little nervous at first, but once the game got going and I started sweating, I started feeling really good. I tried to get myself really focused (Sunday) night and (yesterday), and that seemed to help.

Every game it seems like we're taking 10 penalties. It's like 'uncle.' We just can't do that anymore. We're playing losing hockey.

I just felt good and we really want to get home-ice advantage. I really want to be ready for the playoffs and this is where I kind of have to get in a groove and get going here.

You want to contribute during all parts of the year, but especially this time. When you're talking about the playoffs and fighting for position, every game is magnified. So I'm pumped for action.

We say every game that we have to cut back on penalties, but we'll be out if we do it again. Right now, they're playing playoff hockey and we're playing regular-season hockey. It's not enough.

You say the words 'Ivy League' to people and everyone's heard of it. It's become synonymous with great colleges. We tried to answer the question, 'What is the Ivy League' in a free-flowing format. We think the Ivy League schools have a rich history and there's a connection between all of them.

You can't turn the puck over on a draw like that, ... San Jose skates like the wind. There was no way for our guys to get back.

That's cool (to help clinch a playoff spot). But it's also tough because Tomas has been here all year. There were a lot of nights that he single-handedly won us hockey games and put us in this position.

He (Goodwin) missed a lot of wide-open shots. At one point he was 0-for-7. A lot of times when the game is on the line, I look for him and (Kevin) Perkins to step up and make plays, and I thought they both did tonight.

We've got to play tough hockey. We've got to get in the corners and battle and we've got to get in front of their net.

I think that's the first time in about four or five years I've let in five goals. I've got to do a better job to give the team a chance to win. Even though there were some good shots, those can be the kind of saves that help your team turn things around.

According to Black Dragon mainsheet trimmer Chris Mason, yesterday was a matter of perseverance. A slightly frustrating course for us as it was not suited to the boat, ... We only had the spinnaker up for about nine minutes in the whole race due to the strength of the winds. We enjoyed the race though, it was especially interesting at the bottom mark (at Cala di Volpe) when the wind was going from 6 knots to 20.

Any back-to-back is tough, but especially against a team like Vancouver. Even though they've been losing, they've been scoring a lot of goals and just coming out on the short end of the stick.

I mean in years past St. Louis always abused us. It's kind of unheard of to sweep, but they beat us up in years past.