Chris Mason Shines In Spotlight

by Brad Lee on Mar 12, 2009 10:58 PM CDT

I don't know if you can say Chris Mason stole Thursday night's game against the San Jose Sharks, but they probably wouldn't have won 3-1 without his strong play. Media at the game and the San Jose TV broadcast both named him the No. 1 star.

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The bald, bearded-one stopped 24 of the 25 shots the Sharks put on net. He stoned six of the Sharks' seven power plays on the night including a tripping penalty on Mayor Oshie with 80 seconds to play. The win gives him a record of 17-18-5 on the season after the horrible start to the year. The workhorse has started 18 games in a row and appeared in 23 consecutive games. Where would the Blues be without Mason the last six weeks? Certainly not two points out of the playoffs. Six teams are within TWO POINTS of the final two playoff spots in the West. Insane in the membrane is what that is.

Up next are a pair of HUGE games against Detroit Saturday and then Minnesota on Sunday. Both are in St. Louis, so there's no traveling. But if you were Andy Murray, would you start Mason both games? Give us your goaltending philosophy and pats on the back for goaltender down in the comments.

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mason was the key tonight

dude just makes saves. once he got hot and happy meal came back, this team took it to a new level.

mason has to get the start against the winged wheel. the wings are stacked and we cant let anyone else in between the pipes against them. the next day, give the man a rest, play the kid. the wild arent going to light up the scoresheet. they really don’t have a ton of offensive firepower (owen nolan lead the team for crying out loud). let mase get some rest and the kid play.

by averagejoe on Mar 12, 2009 11:08 PM CDT reply actions

agreed

give him a breather against the Wild…I appreciate the heroics, but I want him to have some gas in the tank in the event that we do make the playoffs

by tbell61 on Mar 12, 2009 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions

And it's the Wild.

How many SOG do they average a game? 12? Bishop should be able to handle that.

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by hildymac on Mar 13, 2009 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions

Couldn't have said it better myself.

by Washoo on Mar 13, 2009 12:00 AM CDT reply actions

Why fuck with a good thing?

Keep thowing him out there.

Used to be Aaron, but some douchebag Celtics fan has that one already.

by Fuck Detroit on Mar 13, 2009 4:32 AM CDT reply actions

Masonry deserves a day off.

Andy. Get it done. Put Big Ben in there for once! Give the brick wall a breather!

"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields

by Donut King on Mar 13, 2009 12:57 PM CDT reply actions

I read that...

Mason said he once played 29 straight, but he’ll pass that if we keep going. I think Bishop (or Holt) needs to get the start against the offensively-challenged Wild. Maybe fire up the team and get them to out-skate “Jacques Lemaire’s Boring Hockey”™ since they don’t have the same safety net behind them.

Realistically, I think if we beat Detroit, then we’ll see the #2 on Sunday. Otherwise, this team’s gotta have at least 6 out of 8 point in this home stand, and Murray will put Mason back in.

by The Goalie Guy on Mar 13, 2009 1:39 PM CDT reply actions

Mission Accomplished

We have the 2 pts we wanted to get vs. SJ & DET in the bank, so I give Mace the day off on Saturday. Maybe having the kid in net against the Red Manace will spur them to a special effort.

by briandunne on Mar 13, 2009 4:14 PM CDT reply actions