Jeff Mason

Jeff Mason (born August 11, 1981) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman.

Jeff Mason
Mason in 2006
Born (1981-08-11) August 11, 1981
Easthampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Right
Played for
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2005–2018

Career

After four years in Providence College, Mason began his professional hockey career with Hermes in the Finnish second division before returning to North America and signing with the ECHL's Augusta Lynx in 2005. The next season, he signed with the Long Beach Ice Dogs and was the team's highest scoring defenseman, scoring 11 goals and 31 assists for 42 points in what was a difficult season for the Ice Dogs as they finished bottom of the Pacific Division. Mason then spent the next two seasons playing for the Gwinnett Gladiators. In his second season in 2008-09, Mason scored 14 goals and 22 assists for 36 points and was the team's top scoring defenseman.

In 2009-10, Mason split the season with the Kalamazoo Wings and in the German 2nd Bundesliga for the Heilbronner Falken. In 2010, Mason signed with the Belfast Giants of the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League. In 2011-12 Mason led the EIHL in Defenseman scoring with 21 goals and 44 assists for 65 points. Mason earned a First Team All-Star selection as well as being named the MVP Defenseman for the EIHL. The Giants won the Elite League title in 2011-12.

Mason joined Lillehammer IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen for the 2012–13, but played just ten games before returning to the Giants for the remainder of the season and won the EIHL Championship for the second time with the Giants in 2013-14. In 2014-15 Mason tied for the team goal scoring lead amongst defenseman with 7 and was also voted the team's Best Defenseman. He remained with the Giants until his retirement after the 2017-18 season.

In August 2019, Mason was appointed an assistant coach to Belfast Giants head coach Adam Keefe.

Career statistics
Season Team League   Regular Season   Playoffs
GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02 Providence College HE 34 1 9 10 10 -- -- -- -- --
2002–03 Providence College HE 21 1 7 8 10 -- -- -- -- --
2003–04 Providence College HE 33 4 2 6 10 -- -- -- -- --
2004–05 Providence College HE 37 0 6 6 20 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 Hermes Mestis 13 2 2 4 6 -- -- -- -- --
2005–06 Augusta Lynx ECHL 46 4 4 8 12 -- -- -- -- --
2006–07 Long Beach Ice Dogs ECHL 71 11 31 42 62 -- -- -- -- --
2007–08 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 70 5 15 20 44 8 4 2 6 0
2008–09 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 71 14 22 36 26 3 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Kalamazoo Wings ECHL 36 7 16 23 6 -- -- -- -- --
2009–10 Heilbronner Falken 2.GBun 16 3 3 6 0 6 0 1 1 0
2010–11 Belfast Giants EIHL 43 11 20 31 36 3 1 0 1 0
2011–12 Belfast Giants EIHL 54 19 41 60 52 3 1 3 4 4
2012–13 Lillehammer IK Norway 10 2 2 4 0 -- -- -- -- --
2012–13 Belfast Giants EIHL 38 6 16 22 35 4 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Belfast Giants EIHL 47 7 19 26 18 4 0 2 2 0
2014–15 Belfast Giants EIHL 51 6 19 25 12 4 1 2 3 0
2015–16 Belfast Giants EIHL 38 2 5 7 10 -- -- -- -- --
2016–17 Belfast Giants EIHL 31 1 10 11 10 -- -- -- -- --
2017–18 Belfast Giants EIHL 33 0 12 12 8 2 0 0 0 0
ECHL Totals 287 41 88 129 144 11 4 2 6 0
EIHL Totals 335 52 142 194 181 20 3 7 10 4

Awards and honors
Award Year
EIHL First All-Star team 2011-12 [1]
EIHL MVP Defenseman 2011-12 [2]
EIHL League Champion 2011-12 [3]
EIHL League Champion 2013-14 [4]
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12469
  4. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12469
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