Player profile: Up close and personal with… Chris Mason

Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011

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50 CHRIS MASON

GOALIE

NUMBER: 50

Tribune Media MCT
The rookies will gather in Penticton, B.C., on Sept. 11 and the main camp opens Sept. 17. The Winnipeg Jets are gearing up for their return to the NHL and opening night vs. the Montreal Canadiens Oct. 9 at the MTS Centre. Leading up to camp, we are providing you with an up-close look at some of the players who are expected to be in the lineup when it hits the ice against the legendary Habs. — Tribune Media MCT The rookies will gather in Penticton, B.C., on Sept. 11 and the main camp opens Sept. 17. The Winnipeg Jets are gearing up for their return to the NHL and opening night vs. the Montreal Canadiens Oct. 9 at the MTS Centre. Leading up to camp, we are providing you with an up-close look at some of the players who are expected to be in the lineup when it hits the ice against the legendary Habs.

HEIGHT: 6-0

WEIGHT: 195

SHOOTS: Left

BORN: April 20, 1976 (Age: 35)

BIRTHPLACE: Red Deer, AB

DRAFTED: New Jersey/1995 NHL entry draft

ROUND: 5th (122nd overall)

Made his first NHL start on Dec. 1, 2000 in a game against Chicago
Once made 74 saves for the Milwaukee Admirals in a playoff game, an IHL record
Mason was credited for a goal on April 15, 2006 when Phoenix Coyotes forward Geoff Sanderson shot the puck into his own net. Mason became the ninth NHL goaltender to score a goal and joined Damian Rhodes
as the only goalies to be credited with a goal in both the AHL and the NHL
Played for Norway’s Valerengen — along with then-teammate Scott Hartnell — during the lockout season of 2004-05. Led team to championship and was named top goalie and playoff MVP
Has played for Canada at three world championships (2006, 2007, 2009), winning gold in 2007 and silver in 2009
Lists a career in law enforcement as his calling if he wasn’t playing hockey
First job was as a paper boy

TRANSACTIONS: After being drafted by the Devils, was signed by Anaheim as a free agent in 1997. Acquired by Nashville from Anaheim with Marc Moro for Dominic Roussel on Oct. 5, 1998. Signed as a free agent by Florida on Aug. 20, 2002. Claimed by Nashville from Florida in the 2003 NHL Waiver Draft on Oct. 3, 2003. Acquired by St. Louis from Nashville for a fourth-round selection in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft on June 19, 2008. Signed by the Thrashers as a free agent on July 1, 2010.