Jason Tessier after the regular season.

Photo courtesy of John Coffin
Jason Tessier RiverKings 06-07 season.



Jason Tessier is from St. Jerome PQ
Born October 28, 1979
He played defense for the Memphis River Kings for the 2006-20007 season. He had 2 g, 22 a (24 t) +1 and 30 PIM in 33 regular season games.
Jason You had a good regular season.
Looking as the team success and my stats the season looked good for me, but personally i am a little dissapointed with my play in the first half, even if i was nominated for the all-star game. I had a bad groin since the 2nd week end and never got better until i was hurt more seriously jan 12th. Then after a 2 months recovery, i felt way better, but my cardio wasnt there at first....

You played well during the playoffs . You played 18 games , had 9 A ,+6 , 24 PIMS.
I think i did a good job defensively during the playoffs against the
other teams big lines. When you play 5-6-7 games against the same team, it's important to be able to shut their best players down offensively. My shooting wasnt really there even if i hit a few post.

How did it feel to get as far as you did in the playoffs ?
I think that we had a good playoff run. The series against Colorado was really close. It was the question of one shift every game, one goal, one bad play or one(or many) bad call by the refs
(game 2, 2 goals disallowed for no reason)
(game 4 overtime goal disallowed cause their player push the net off, no penalty)
(game 6, penalty shot awarded to Tobler for no reason, player wasn't in control of the puck or on a total break away)... but anyway it's all over now, nothing we can do about it.

How much longer will you play in the CHL ?
Well it will depends on(my) contract and if i can get a good situation for the future as well. but i feel like i can play something like 5 more years

Will you stay with Memphis ?
well, too soon to tell right now.
*Jason is now signed with the Austin Icebats of the Central Hockey League



** Jean-Fransois Picard was retiring last I spoke to him. He was starting a real estate business. He said he might considerate playing in the playoffs. it's hard to give up hockey.