Chris Mason

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Red Deer, Alberta, April 20, 1976.
HEIGHT: 6'0"
WEIGHT: 204 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 30 (Nashville, Milwaukee, San Antonio), 25 (Milwaukee 2003-04).
CATCHES: Left
JUNIOR TEAM: Victoria WHL, Prince George WHL
STYLE:
STRENGTHS:
WEAKNESSES:

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Came from Anaheim for Dominic Roussel. Learning to play with control under coach Mitch Korn." (Jeff Legwold, The Hockey News Future Watch 1999)

"Has a solid season in Milwaukee last year and should see even more action there this season. He's a big goalie who covers a good portion of the net. Needs to start opening some eyes if ever wants the chance to see NHL ice." (The Sports Forecaster 1999-2000, p. 164)

"Perseverance paid off for Mason in 2003-04, as he bounced back from two full seasons in the AHL to secure the backup role in Nashville. Incredibly, he became just the third goalie in franchise history to record a victory (following Tomas Vokoun and Mike Dunham). Mason may receive a challenge from Brian Finley." (The Sports Forecaster 2005-06, p. 103)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by New Jersey Devils in fifth round (seventh Devils pick, 122nd overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, July 8, 1995.
Signed as free agent by Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, May 31, 1996.
Traded by Mighty Ducks (with D Marc Moro) to Nashville Predators for G Dominic Roussel, October 5, 1998.
Signed as unrestricted free agent by Florida Panthers, August 16, 2002.
Resigned as unrestricted free agent (one year) by Panthers, July 3, 2003.
Claimed (from Panthers) by Nashville Predators in National Hockey League waiver draft, October 3, 2003.
Re-signed by Nashville, June 3, 2004.
Signed with Valerenga (Norway) during NHL lockout, November 30, 2004.
Nashville exercised contract option for 2005-06 season, July 28, 2005.
Resigned as unrestricted free agent to two-year contract by Predators, July 1, 2006.
Traded by Predators to St. Louis Blues in exchange for fourth-round selection in 2008 National Hockey League entry draft, June 20, 2008.

ACCOLADES:

VEZINA TROPHY BALLOTING:

	PTS	1st	2nd	3rd	RANK	SHARE
2006-07	1	0	0	1	10	0.01

INJURIES:

Suffered pulled groin in pregame warmups; missed four games, December 13, 2005. Brian Finley played in Mason's absence, with Nashville defenseman Jamie Allison serving as the dressed backup.

RECORDS:

FIRSTS:

Chris made his National Hockey League debut on December 16, 1998, in a 6-1 defeat to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, at the Pond in Anaheim. Playing the final period in relief of Tomas Vokoun, Chris stopped all eight shots he faced.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

October 13, 2005 - defeated Phoenix, 1-0 (Oleg Saprykin save, Petr Nedved save, Ladislav Nagy save).
April 8, 2006 - defeated Chicago, 2-0 (Matthew Barnaby save, Patrick Sharp save).
2005-06 season to date: 2 wins, 0 losses, 5 saves on 5 chances.
October 19, 2006 - defeated New Jersey, 1-0 (Zach Parise save, Brian Gionta save, Patrik Elias save).
November 16, 2006 - lost to Minnesota, 2-3 (Pavol Demitra goal, Mikku Koivu save, Petteri Nummelin goal, Brian Rolston goal).
December 16, 2006 - defeated St. Louis, 1-0 (Martin Rucinsky save, Keith Tkachuk save, Doug Weight save).
December 26, 2006 - defeated St. Louis, 1-0 (Bill Guerin save, Martin Rucinsky save, Keith Tkachuk save, Doug Weight save).
February 25, 2007 - defeated Columbus, 1-0 (David Vyborny miss, Nikolai Zherdev miss, Rick Nash miss).
April 3, 2007 - lost to Chicago, 1-3 (Jason Williams goal, Radim Vrbata goal, Jeffrey Hamilton goal).
2006-07 season to date: 4 wins, 2 losses, 14 saves on 20 chances.
November 7, 2007 - lost to Detroit, 0-2 (Pavel Datsyuk goal, Henrik Zetterberg goal).
November 10, 2007 - defeated Columbus, 1-0 (Jiri Novotny save, Gilbert Brule save, Adam Foote miss).
November 17, 2007 - lost to St. Louis, 0-1 (David Perron miss, Paul Kariya save, Brad Boyes goal).
January 12, 2008 - lost to Columbus, 0-1 (Nikolai Zherdev goal, Michael Peca save, Rick Nash save).
February 21, 2008 - lost to Vancouver, 0-1 (Mason Raymond goal, Ryan Shannon save).
2007-08 season to date: 1 win, 4 losses, 8 saves on 13 chances.

DID YOU KNOW?

On October 15, 2001, Chris was credited with scoring a goal while with the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals. With the Admirals on a delayed penalty, the Utah Grizzlies pulled their goaltender for an additional skater. Grizzly forward Jim Montgomery's errant pass went the length of the ice and into the vacated net. Mason, the last Milwaukee player to touch the puck, was given the goal. Unfortunately, Mason's Admirals lost, 5-3.
On April 15, 2006, Chris was credited with a National Hockey League goal in Nashville's 5-1 victory over Phoenix. On a delayed Phoenix power play, Coyotes forward Geoff Sanderson shot the puck into his own net midway through the third period. "It was a cheesy goal - someone else should have received it," said Mason. "I don't even like counting one like that as a goal. I'd much rather shoot one and saucer it down and in. Maybe when I retire I can tell people that's how it happened."

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
92-93 Red Deer Chiefs AAHA        20   1280                     76   3.35                    0 
93-94 Victoria Cougars WHL         5    237   1   4   0         27   6.84                    0   0   0     2
94-95 Prince George Cougars WHL   44   2288   8  30   1        192   5.03                    1   0   0     6
95-96 Prince George Cougars WHL   59   3289  16  37   1        236   4.31                    1   0   0     8
96-97 Prince George Cougars WHL   50   2851  19  24   4        172   3.62                    2   0   2    21
97-98 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 47   2368  13  19   7        136   3.45    1397   .903     0   0   0     4
98-99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL      34   1901  15  12   6         92   2.90     979   .906     1   0   1     6    30.90  957.53
      Nashville Predators NHL      3     69   0   0   0          6   5.22      44   .864     0   0   0     0    38.26  927.40
99-00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL      53   2952  20  21   8        137   2.78    1434   .904     2   0   1    12    29.15  953.04
00-01 Milwaukee Admirals IHL      37   2226  17  14   5         87   2.35    1083   .920     0   0   2    21
      Nashville Predators NHL      1     59   0   1   0          2   2.03      20   .900     0   0   0     0    20.34  933.90
01-02 Milwaukee Admirals AHL      48   2755  17  21   7        116   2.53    1398   .917     2   1   1     4
02-03 San Antonio Rampage AHL     50   2914  25  18   6        122   2.51    1554   .921     1   0   0     8
03-04 Nashville Predators NHL     17    744   4   4   1         27   2.18     365   .926     1   0   0     4
      Milwaukee Admirals AHL       1     60   1   0   0          2   2.00      30   .933     0   0   0     0
04-05 Valerengen IF Oslo NORWAY   20   1204                     36   1.79                    1
05-06 Nashville Predators NHL     23   1227  12   5       1     52   2.54     597   .913     2   1   0     0
06-07 Nashville Predators NHL     40   2342  24  11       4     93   2.38    1244   .925     5   0   1     4
FIVE (5) NHL SEASONS              84   4441  40  21   1   5    180   2.43    2270  0.921     8   1   1     8

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
96-97 Prince George Cougars WHL   15    938   9   6   44   2.81                    1   0   3     4
99-00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL       3    252   1   2   11   2.62                    0   0   1     0
00-01 Milwaukee Admirals IHL       4    239   1   3   12   3.01                    0   0   0     0
02-03 San Antonio Rampage AHL      3    195   0   3    9   2.77     122   .926     0   0   0     0
04-05 Valerengen IF Oslo NORWAY   11
05-06 Nashville Predators NHL      5    296   1   4   17   3.44     171   .901     0   0   0     0
ONE (1) NHL POSTSEASON             5    296   1   4   17   3.44     171   .901     0   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Traded to Mighty Ducks to Nashville Predators.
12/16/98: - (20m, 8/8) 1-6 defeat at Anaheim (Hebert) [Replaced Vokoun].
01/11/99: - (30m26s, 19/22) 0-8 defeat at Philadelphia (Vanbiesbrouck) [Replaced Vokoun].
01/18/99: - (18m41s, 11/14) 1-8 defeat at Boston (Dafoe) [Replaced Vokoun].
12/01/00: L (60m, 18/20) 1-2 defeat vs. Chicago (Tallas).
Signed as free agent by Florida Panthers; claimed off waivers by Nashville Predators.
10/19/03: L (57m17s, 28/31) 1-3 defeat at Chicago (Thibault).
11/02/03: - (14m31s, 10/11) 3-7 defeat at Dallas (Turco) [Replaced Vokoun].
11/19/03: - (0m42s, 0/0) 0-3 defeat at Los Angeles (Cechmanek) [Replaced Vokoun, replaced by Vokoun].
11/22/03: L (58m52s, 29/32) 1-3 defeat at San Jose (Toskala).
12/06/03: - (40m, 16/18) 1-4 defeat at St. Louis (Osgood) [Replaced Vokoun].
12/29/03: - (39m25s, 14/15) 2-5 defeat at San Jose (Nabokov) [Replaced Vokoun].
01/05/04: - (15m34s, 8/10) 0-6 defeat at Detroit (Joseph) [Replaced Vokoun].
01/08/04: W (61m08s, 31/34) 4-3 OT victory vs. Colorado (Aebischer).
01/10/04: W (60m, 26/27) 3-1 victory vs. St. Louis (Osgood).
01/13/04: T (65m, 33/33) 0-0 OT tie vs. Los Angeles (Cechmanek).
01/22/04: - (28m49s, 11/11) 0-4 defeat at Calgary (Turek) [Replaced Vokoun].
01/25/04: L (59m52s, 28/32) 1-4 defeat at Vancouver (Cloutier).
02/03/04: - (32m32s, 14/14) 1-4 defeat vs. Detroit (Legace) [Replaced Vokoun].
02/11/04: - (31m44s, 14/14) 2-5 defeat at Chicago (Anderson) [Replaced Vokoun].
02/13/04: W (59m51s, 17/19) 5-2 victory vs. Washington (Ouellet).
03/03/04: L (57m55s, 21/25) 2-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Esche).
04/04/04: W (60m32s, 38/39) 2-1 OT victory at Colorado (Salo).
10/13/05: W (64m58s, 27/31) 5-4 SO victory (3/3) at Phoenix (LeNeveu).
11/02/05: OTL (61m44s, 33/36) 2-3 OT defeat at San Jose (Schaefer).
11/23/05: W (59m53s, 35/37) 4-2 victory at Columbus (Leclaire).
12/07/05: W (60m, 30/32) 5-2 victory at Washington (Kolzig).
12/08/05: - (40m, 14/17) 1-5 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist) [Replaced Vokoun].
12/10/05: L (58m35s, 25/29) 3-4 defeat at Tampa Bay (Grahame).
12/21/05: W (59m59s, 26/27) 6-1 victory at Chicago (Khabibulin, Anderson).
12/28/05: L (59m12s, 28/32) 3-4 defeat at Vancouver (Auld).
01/04/06: - (4m40s, 1/3) 4-3 victory at St. Louis (Sanford) [Replaced by Vokoun].
01/08/06: W (60m, 36/37) 5-1 victory at Chicago (Anderson).
01/26/06: L (60m, 22/27) 1-5 defeat at Minnesota (Fernandez).
02/08/06: - (20m, 6/8) 0-6 defeat at Detroit (Legace) [Replaced Vokoun].
03/01/06: L (60m, 30/33) 0-3 defeat at Chicago (Anderson).
03/20/06: W (59m55s, 28/30) 4-2 victory vs. St. Louis (Lalime).
03/24/06: - (20m, 7/8) 3-6 defeat at Anaheim (Giguere) [Replaced Vokoun].
04/03/06: L (57m55s, 25/28) 1-3 defeat vs. Columbus (Leclaire).
04/05/06: - (55m50s, 23/26) 3-4 defeat at Chicago (Khabibulin) [Replaced by Rinne].
04/06/06: W (59m54s, 18/18) 3-0 victory at St. Louis (Divis).
04/08/06: W (64m52s, 23/24) 2-1 SO victory (2/2) vs. Chicago (Anderson).
04/11/06: W (60m, 27/27) 2-0 victory at St. Louis (Bacashihua).
04/13/06: W (59m56s, 27/29) 4-2 victory vs. Minnesota (Harding).
04/15/06: W (59m23s, 23/24) 5-1 victory vs. Phoenix (LeNeveu).
04/18/06: W (59m55s, 30/33) 6-3 victory vs. Detroit (Osgood).
04/21/06: W (60m, 31/34) 4-3 victory vs. San Jose (Toskala).
04/23/06: L (58m24s, 34/37) 0-3 defeat vs. San Jose (Toskala).
04/25/06: L (60m, 36/40) 1-4 defeat at San Jose (Toskala).
04/27/06: L (58m55s, 19/24) 4-5 defeat at San Jose (Toskala).
04/30/06: L (58m30s, 34/36) 1-2 defeat vs. San Jose (Toskala).
10/12/06: L (59m00s, 28/30) 1-3 defeat at Chicago (Khabibulin).
10/19/06: W (64m51s, 30/33) 4-3 SO victory (3/3) at New Jersey (Clemmensen).
11/01/06: W (59m44s, 22/25) 5-3 victory at Edmonton (Roloson).
11/11/06: W (60m, 42/42) 1-0 victory vs. Colorado (Theodore).
11/16/06: SOL: (65m, 39/45) 6-7 SO defeat (1/4) vs. Minnesota (Fernandez, Backstrom).
11/23/06: - (20m, 13/13) 6-0 victory vs. Vancouver (Sabourin, Luongo, Sabourin) [Replaced Vokoun].
11/25/06: W (59m53s, 32/34) 6-2 victory vs. Detroit (MacDonald).
11/29/06: W (60m, 24/26) 3-2 victory at Philadelphia (Niittymaki).
11/30/06: W (59m39s, 38/42) 5-4 victory at St. Louis (Legace, Sanford).
12/02/06: OTL (60m59s, 26/30) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Chicago (Khabibulin).
12/04/06: L (58m54s, 39/42) 2-3 defeat at Phoenix (Tellqvist).
12/06/06: L (60m, 28/32) 0-4 defeat at Anaheim (Giguere).
12/07/06: W (59m47s, 20/21) 4-1 victory at Los Angeles (Cloutier).
12/09/06: L (58m48s, 23/26) 1-3 defeat at San Jose (Nabokov).
12/12/06: W (59m43s, 38/40) 3-2 victory vs. Edmonton (Roloson).
12/14/06: W (60m, 22/22) 6-0 victory vs. Ottawa (Emery, Gerber).
12/16/06: W (65m, 33/35) 3-2 SO victory (3/3) vs. St. Louis (Legace).
12/17/06: W (63m11s, 22/23) 2-1 OT victory at St. Louis (Legace).
12/20/06: W (60m, 28/29) 2-1 victory at Chicago (Khabibulin).
12/21/06: L (39m52s, 21/26) 2-7 defeat vs. Buffalo (Biron) [Replaced by Leighton].
12/23/06: W (60m, 34/34) 7-0 victory vs. Los Angeles (Cloutier, Brust).
12/26/06: W (64m50s, 30/32) 3-2 SO victory (4/4) vs. St. Louis (Legace).
12/29/06: L (59m25s, 26/29) 1-4 defeat at Dallas (Turco).
12/30/06: W (60m, 38/38) 5-0 victory vs. Boston (Toivonen).
01/01/07: L (59m03s, 30/34) 3-5 defeat vs. Colorado (Budaj).
01/05/07: W (60m, 35/38) 8-3 victory at Chicago (Khabibulin, Boucher).
01/06/07: W (59m55s, 35/37) 3-2 victory vs. St. Louis (Legace, Bacashihua).
01/13/07: W (60m, 39/40) 4-1 victory at Columbus (Norrena, Conklin, Norrena).
01/17/07: L (37m08s, 16/19) 3-5 defeat at Detroit (Hasek) [Replaced Vokoun].
01/18/07: W (59m49s, 33/33) 4-0 victory vs. Columbus (Conklin).
01/20/07: W (59m52s, 27/30) 6-3 victory vs. Chicago (Khabibulin).
01/27/07: W (60m, 26/29) 6-3 victory at St. Louis (Sanford).
02/06/07: L (59m26s, 22/25) 1-4 defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
02/16/07: L (58m51s, 28/29) 0-1 defeat at St. Louis (Legace).
02/25/07: W (64m58s, 31/34) 4-3 SO victory (3/3) at Columbus (Conklin).
03/03/07: W (58m08s, 25/28) 6-3 victory at Los Angeles (Burke).
03/08/07: W (59m55s, 28/31) 6-3 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
03/14/07: L (59m49s, 31/34) 2-4 defeat at Detroit (Hasek).
03/22/07: OTL (61m27s, 25/28) 2-3 OT defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
04/03/07: SOL (64m44s, 24/26) 2-3 SO defeat (0/3) vs. Chicago (Lalime).
10/04/07: W (60m, 35/35) 4-0 victory vs. Colorado (Budaj, Weiman).
10/06/07: W (59m34s, 28/29) 5-1 victory vs. Dallas (Smith).
10/10/07: L (31m10s, 14/18) 1-4 defeat at St. Louis (Legace) [Replaced by Ellis].
10/11/07: L (57m52s, 18/23) 3-6 defeat vs. Phoenix (Auld).
10/13/07: L (47m36s, 17/23) 4-7 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced by Ellis].
10/17/07: L (58m07s, 28/31) 1-3 defeat at Anaheim (Giguere).
10/20/07: L (58m06s, 17/19) 0-3 defeat at San Jose (Nabokov).
10/23/07: L (30m01s, 15/19) 0-6 defeat at Los Angeles (LaBarbera) [Replaced by Ellis].
10/30/07: L (59m59s, 28/33) 1-5 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
11/04/07: W (59m48s, 30/32) 5-2 victory at Chicago (Khabibulin, Lalime).
11/07/07: SOL (65m, 43/45) 2-3 SO defeat (0/2) at Detroit (Osgood).
11/10/07: SOW (64m47s, 36/39) 4-3 SO victory (3/3) vs. Columbus (Norrena, Leclaire, Norrena).
11/12/07: W (60m, 29/30) 4-1 victory at Columbus (Leclaire).
11/15/07: OTW (60m10s, 27/31) 5-4 OT victory vs. Chicago (Khabibulin).
11/17/07: SOL (64m59s, 18/20) 2-3 SO defeat (2/3) vs. St. Louis (Toivonen).
11/19/07: L (58m36s, 20/22) 1-2 defeat at St. Louis (Legace).
11/22/07: W (59m54s, 28/30) 3-2 victory vs. Detroit (Hasek).
11/24/07: L (58m58s, 21/25) 3-4 defeat vs. Minnesota (Backstrom).
12/01/07: - (13m39s, 4/6) 5-4 SO victory at Montreal (Huet) [Replaced by Ellis].
12/04/07: L (58m58s, 12/15) 1-3 defeat at Toronto (Toskala).
12/08/07: W (59m46s, 21/23) 4-2 victory vs. Anaheim (Hiller).
12/13/07: L (58m52s, 30/32) 1-2 defeat vs. Colorado (Budaj).
12/15/07: L (58m00s, 13/16) 1-3 defeat at Colorado (Budaj).
12/19/07: - (5m23s, 0/2) 2-5 defeat at Chicago (Khabibulin) [Replaced by Ellis].
12/23/07: W (60m, 30/31) 3-1 victory at Columbus (Norrena).
12/26/07: L (43m56s, 16/18) 2-5 defeat at Chicago (Khabibulin) [Replaced Ellis].
12/27/07: W (59m43s, 36/39) 4-3 victory vs. Columbus (Norrena).
12/29/07: L (59m53s, 24/29) 2-5 defeat vs. San Jose (Nabokov).
01/08/08: W (60m, 28/28) 7-0 victory at Los Angeles (LaBarbera, Aubin).
01/12/08: SOL (64m45s, 28/29) 1-2 SO defeat (2/3) at Columbus (Leclaire).
01/15/08: W (59m38s, 22/22) 3-0 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff, McElhinney).
01/17/08: L (59m27s, 14/16) 1-2 defeat vs. Anaheim (Giguere).
01/19/08: W (60m, 24/26) 5-2 victory at St. Louis (Legace, Toivonen).
01/21/08: W (60m, 31/34) 6-3 victory vs. St. Louis (Legace).
01/24/08: OTL (64m10s, 27/30) 3-4 OT defeat at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
01/29/08: L (57m45s, 25/28) 1-3 defeat at Boston (Thomas).
01/31/08: W (59m48s, 31/33) 4-2 victory vs. Columbus (Leclaire, Norrena).
02/05/08: W (60m, 31/31) 1-0 victory vs. Carolina (Ward).
02/09/08: L (60m, 23/27) 3-4 defeat at San Jose (Nabokov).
02/12/08: W (59m54s, 40/42) 4-2 victory vs. Detroit (Osgood, Howard).
02/14/08: L (12m42s, 4/7) 1-6 defeat vs. Chicago (Lalime) [Replaced by Ellis].
02/17/08: OTL (64m55s, 23/28) 4-5 OT defeat at Minnesota (Backstrom).
02/21/08: SOL (65m, 28/30) 2-3 SO defeat (1/2) vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
02/23/08: - (20m, 9/11) 3-6 defeat vs. Dallas (Smith) [Replaced Ellis].
02/27/08: L (34m50s, 14/19) 4-8 defeat at Buffalo (Miller, Thibault, Miller) [Replaced by Ellis].
03/06/08: - (53m51s, 30/33) 2-6 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo) [Replaced Ellis].
03/09/08: L (58m26s, 29/33) 3-4 defeat at Detroit (Hasek).
03/18/08: - (43m24s, 12/12) 2-4 defeat vs. Washington (Huet) [Replaced Ellis].
03/20/08: L (35m05s, 19/22) 3-6 defeat vs. Detroit (Hasek) [Replaced Ellis].
04/01/08: OTW (54m57s, 10/10) 4-3 OT victory at St. Louis (Legace, Toivonen) [Replaced Ellis].
04/04/08: L (30m34s, 9/12) 1-3 defeat at Chicago (Lalime) [Replaced by Rinne].

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Assigned to Milwaukee Admirals, January 2004.
01/02/04: W (60m, 28/30) 6-2 victory at Cleveland (Kotyk, Patzold).

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