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>> Scott: WELCOME BACK TO "AFTER
HOURS."
PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY THE
CANUCKS PREMIER MARQUIS AND ALL
SORTS OF OTHER THINGSES
OFF-SEASON SIGNING, JASON
GARRISON OF WHITE ROCK WHO IS
REALISING FOR PLAYING FOR THE
TEAM HE GREW UP CHEERING FOR.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PRESSURE
THAT GOES WITH THAT.
FIRST TONIGHT'S GAME, WHERE DID
IT GO WRONG?
>> OBVIOUSLY WE HAD A GOOD
START, AND YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A
LOT OF FIREPOWER.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE AWARE AT ALL
TIMES ON THE ICE, AND YOU KNOW,
GAVE UP SOME CHANCES, AND THEY
CAPITALIZED.
>> Kelly: SEEMS AS THOUGH YOU
LOST ENERGY AFTER THE THIRD GOAL
THEY SCORED AND AFTER THAT, IT
WAS AS THOUGH THEY SMELLED
BLOOD.
DID YOU SEE IT AT SAME WAY?
>> WE KNEW THEY CAME OFF A
BACK-TO-BACK.
WE THOUGHT OUR ENERGY WASES
ABOUT THAN THEIRS.
BUT THEY SEEM TO STICK WITH IT,
AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME GOOD
SHIFTS IN THEIR END, BUT
COULDN'T PUT THE PUCK IN THE
BACK OF THE NET AT THE RIGHT
TIMES.
>> Scott: LOCAL BOY COMES HOME
TO PLAY FOR THE CANUCKS.
WITH IT COMES A TONNE OF
PRESSURE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY REALISTIC IDEA
WHAT YOU WERE GETTING INTO?
>> DEFINITELY NOT.
THE FREE AGENT SITUATION,
AUTOKIND OF SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS WITHIN A SPAN OF A FEW
HOURS, AND IT SINKS IN FOR THE
FOLLOWING WEEKS TO COME.
SO IT WASN'T UNTIL, YOU KNOW,
AFTER THE LOCKOUT AND, YOU KNOW,
GETTING BACK TOGETHER WITH THE
GUYS AND STARTING THE GAMES, YOU
REALISE HOW MUCH PRESSURE THERE
IS AND HOW MUCH THIS COMMUNITY
IS BEHIND THIS TEAM AND
EVERYBODY WANTS TO WIN.
>> Scott: TWEET FROM ANNA
FORSYTHE.
ASK GARRISON IF GREAT FANS IN
VANCOUVER MAKE IT WORTH ALL THE
EXTRA PRESSURE THAT HE'S PLAYING
UNDER IN SUCH A BIG HOCKEY
MARKET?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, IT'S --
>> Scott: THERE IS ONLY ONE
CORRECT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
[LAUGHTER]
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
NO, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT YOU PLAY
FOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN COMING TO
THE RINK EVERY DAY AND FUN, YOU
KNOW, PLAYING IN FRONT OF SO
MANY FANS.
>> Kelly: HOW ABOUT THE MEDIA
RESPONSIBILITIES?
THEY'RE HUGE HERE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
HOCKEY MARKETS IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD, AND YOU LIVE IT EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
HOW DO YOU HANDLE THOSE?
>> I THINK YOU COME INTO THE
RINK AND YOU KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT.
YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A
LOT OF GUYS AT THE RINK WANTING
TO KNOW ANSWERS, AND YOU KNOW,
IT'S PART OF THE JOB.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR
NAME IS CALLED TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS OR GIVE MEDIA, IT'S
PROFESSIONAL AND YOU KNOW, YOU
JUST BE A PROFESSIONAL AND
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
>> Scott: ALL RIGHT.
16 GOALS LAST SEASON, WHICH IS
WHAT MADE YOU SUCH A HOT
COMMODITY.
THAT'S FLORIDA FRANCHISE RECORD
FOR DEFENCEMEN.
I THINK YOU SAID RECALLER TODAY,
13 OF THEM SCORED ON THE CANNON
FROM THE POINT.
WHERE DOES THE SHOT COME FROM
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN, AUTOSOMETHING THAT I
KIND OF ALWAYS HAD.
AT SOME POINT IT STARTED AT MY
AGE, AND EVERYBODY IS JUST TOLD
ME TO SHOOT THE PUCK.
IT'S WORKED OUT FOR ME.
>> Scott: WELL, AS WE LOOK AT
THE BLAST FROM THE POINT, THAT
ONE WASN'T QUITE FROM THE BLUE
LINE.
NONETHELESS, WE'VE GOT A PIECE
OF VIDEOTAPE OF YOU WITH YOUR
FATHER BRENT IN FRONT OF THE
FAMILY INSURANCE BUSINESS IN
WHITE ROCK, AND WHAT I NOTICED
AS SOON AS I SAW THIS, BRENT
LOOKS LIKE HE HASN'T MISSED MANY
WORKOUTS.
CAN WE CONCLUDE THAT STRENGTH
RUNS IN THE FAMILY?
>> YEAH.
>> Scott: CAN YOU KEEP UP WITH
HIM?
>> NO, PROBABLY NOT.
MY FAMILY IS ABOUT HEALTH AND
STAYING HEALTHY AND THEY STAY IN
SHAPE.
GROWING UP, IT WAS SOMETHING
EVERYBODY DID.
EVERYBODY LOVED TO BE IN THE
OUTDOORS.
IT WAS FORTUNATE FOR ME, I JUST
FOLLOWED HIS FOOTSTEPS.
>> Scott: IT'S BEEN WELL
DOCUMENTED THAT YOU'RE A LATE
BLOOMER.
WE'LL GET THAT IN GREATER DEPTH
IN THE NEXT SEGMENT.
YOUR FATHER SAYS YOU STARTED OUT
AS A GREAT SKATER AND THEN WERE
HAMPERED BY ONE OF THE
ESSENTIALS, YOUR FEET.
>> HE WAS A GOOD SKATER WHEN HE
WAS A LITTLE KID.
I REMEMBER IT TOOK HIM TWO LAPS
AND HE WAS ON HIS OWN.
THEN HE WENT THROUGH -- I GUESS
HIS FEET GOT BIGGER THAN HIS
BODY AND WENT THROUGH A TIME
WHERE HIS LEGS COULDN'T -- HIS
BODY COULDN'T KEEP UP OR HIS
LEGS COULDN'T KEEP UP, ONE OR
THE OTHER, AND GOT A LITTLE --
YOU WERE A LITTLE FLOPPY SKATER
BECAUSE I GUESS THE FEET WERE
SIZE 10 AND HE WAS LIKE THIS
TALL.
HE DIDN'T REALLY START GROWING
UNTIL HE WAS 16, 17.
>> Scott: WE'LL ASSUME YOU
FINALLY GREW INTO YOUR FEET.
>> AT SOME POINT EVERYBODY GROWS
INTO THEIR FEET.
IT WAS A LATE START FOR ME.
BUT JUST -- YEAH, I GUESS PART
OF GROWING UP.
>> Scott: OUR THANKS TO JOEY KIM
OF CANUCKS TV FOR PROVIDING THAT
VIDEO.
IT'S PART OF CANUCK TV'S HOME
COMING SERIES.
JUST GOT A NICE SHOT OF YOUR
FEET.
YOU WERE A TEAMMATE OF MASON
RAYMOND'S AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
DULUTH FOR TWO YEARS.
YOUR FRIENDS FROM 6 OR 7 YEARS
AGO, VERY CLOSE FRIENDS.
HERE'S A QUESTION ON VIDEOTAPE.
>> HEY, JASON, IT'S MASON FROM
COCHRANE, ALBERT AMP WHAT'S YOUR
RECIPE FOR A FRIED EGG SANDWICH?
>> Scott: WHAT'S HE TALKING
ABOUT?
>> THE FIRST DAY WE MET, WE CAME
TO DULUTH AND GOT THERE LATE
AUGUST.
I GUESS THEY HAD THE WEEK OFF,
ALL THE OTHER GUYS HAD THE WEEK
OFF.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT COMING IN.
WE STAYED AT A SENIORS HOUSE.
THEY WEREN'T THERE.
THEN THE COACHES CALLED ME AND
SAID MASON RAYMOND IS COMING AT
THE SAME TIME.
YOU'LL HANG OUT FOR A FEW DAYS
BY YOURSELF.
HE GOT N YOU COULD TELL HE WAS A
LOST PUPPY, AND DIDN'T REALLY
KNOW WHAT TO DO.
HE WAS HUNGRY WHEN HE GOT IN.
I WAS LIKE WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE
EATING?
THERE'S NOT MUCH AROUND THE
HOUSE.
ALL THERE WAS SOME EGGS AND
BAGELS AND SOME CHEESE AND I PUT
TOGETHER A NICE EGG SANDWICH: HE
WAS AMAZED.
HE WANTED THOSE FOR THE REST OF
TWO YEARS.
>> Scott: SO BASICALLY YOU SAVED
MASON'S LIFE?
>> I TAUGHT HIM TO MAKE AN EGG
SANDWICH.
>> Scott: DID YOU KNOW HIM
BEFORE THAT.
>> NO.
I HAD HEARD OF HIM.
WE WERE SUPSED TO PLAY EACH
OTHER IN THE PLAYOFFS.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR NANAIMO, WE
DIDN'T MAKE IT.
I HEARD OF HIM.
OBVIOUSLY HE HAD A REALLY GOOD
YEAR.
>> Scott: TWEET HERE FROM BROWN.
DOES HE KNOW HE LOOKS EXACTLY
LIKE ELLIS FROM "DIE HARD?"
I THINK WE'VE GOT IT HERE
SOMEWHERE.
HERE YOU GO.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Kelly: THAT'S UNCANNY.
>> I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
SOMEONE HAS TOLD ME THAT BEFORE.
I GUESS IT'S THE BEARD.
>> Scott: I THINK ELLIS WAS
PLAYED BY HARK BALKENER.
HE WAS A GREAT VILLAIN.
>> Scott: WELCOME BACK TO ROGERS
AREIN AMP JASON GARRISON OF THE
VANCOUVER CANUCKS OUR GUEST.
HERE'S A TWEET FROM BRIAN.
WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO PICK
UP WOMEN IN WHITE ROCK?
THE O.B. OR THE SAND PIPER?
[LAUGHTER]
>>.
>> Scott: YOU DON'T HAVE TO
ANSWER THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A NEAT
QUESTION.
>> MAYBE THE O.B.
>> Scott: OK, GOOD.
A LITTLE PLUG FOR THE O.B.
TO THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HOW
YOU BLOSSOMED LATE IN YOUR
CAREER.
LET'S START WITH THIS.
HOW MANY TEAMS WERE YOU CUT FROM
AS A KID?
>> I THINK EVERY TEAM I TRIED
OUT FOR I WAS CUT FROM.
>> Scott: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
I GREW UP -- I PLAYED A LITTLE
BIT IN BURNABY AND A LITTLE BIT
IN ALDERGROVE.
IT WAS BIGGER ASSOCIATION, A LOT
OF PLAYERS, AND IT WAS HARD TO
REALLY MAKE THE REC TEAMS AND I
JUST -- IT WAS GOOD.
I HAD A CORE GROUP OF FRIENDS
THAT WE ALWAYS KIND OF MADE THE
SAME TEAM AND I JUST KEPT
PLAYING AND YEAR TO YEAR, IT
WENT GUY AND GUYS FILTERED OUT
TO JUNIORS AND KEY GOT OUR
OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY MIDGET, AAA,
AND THEN YOU REALLY GET A SENSE
OF HOW COMPETITIVE HOCKEY CAN
BE, AND YOU WANT TO PLAY MORE,
AND MOVE THAT FOR EXAMPLE INTO
JUNIOR.
>> Scott: YOU DIDN'T PLAY JUNIOR
UNTIL YOU WERE 18, AND THEN WAS
WITH THE RICHMOND JUNIOR B
SOCKEYES WITH WHOM YOU WON A
CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP.
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE NIGHT OF
GAME THREE OF A PLAYOFF SERIES
THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE?
>> I JUST CAME OFF AN INJURY,
AND THE SERIES WAS TIED 1-1, AND
I HAD -- I HAD A COUPLE OF GOALS
AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF ASSIS AS
FROM NANAIMO, HIS WIFE WAS IN
THE STANDS AND PRETTY MUCH
RECRUITED ME.
SHE ENDED UP TELLING BILL WHO
WASN'T AT THE GAME TO LOOK INTO
THIS KID, AND I ENDED UP SEEING
MY COACH FOR JUNIOR B LATER ON
IN THE SUMMER.
HE SAID REALLY I ONLY HAD TWO
OPTIONS AND ONE WAS NANAIMO AND
ONE WAS A TEAM I THINK IN
MANITOBA.
AND FORTUNATELY, IT WORKED OUT
THAT YOU KNOW, I JUST MOVED
ACROSS TO THE ISLAND.
>> Scott: YOU HAPPENED TO BE
SITTING NEXT TO ONE OF THE
OWNERS OF THE NANAIMO CLIPPERS.
>> Kelly: I CAN GIVE YOU SOME
GOOD NEWS.
THEY WON IN OVERTIME TONIGHT.
THEY'RE UP 2-0 ON ALBERNI.
>> THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
>> Kelly: DO YOU STILL FOLLOW
THEM A LOT?
>> I'M CONNECTED WITH A LOT OF
GUYS.
I KNOW THERE'S -- MY MIKE OLSEN
AND A COUPLE OTHER GUYS WERE
COACHES AND KIND OF IN AND OUT
OF THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THOSE
GUYS, AND WE HAD SUCH A GOOD
TEAM AND SUCH GREAT GUYS, YOU
KNOW, THAT YOU WILL FOREVER BE
FRIENDS.
>> Kelly: GREAT BUILDING TO PLAY
OUT OF?
>> IT'S AN AWESOME -- OH MY
GOODNESS.
LOOK AT THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Scott: YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE
ELLIS THERE.
>> I KNOW.
I LOOK LIKE A GIRL.
>> Scott: SO NANAIMO GOT YOU THE
SCHOLARSHIP TO MINNESOTA DULUTH.
THAT SET THE STAGE FOR TO YOU
SIGN WITH FLORIDA.
IF NOT FOR MRS. BEST WICK, WHAT
WOULD YOU BE DOING?
>> AT THE TIME I WAS PIPING
INSULATION.
>> Scott: DID YOU EVER SEND HER
FLOWERS OR ANYTHING?
>> SHE KNOWS HOW I FEEL.
I'VE TOLD HER MANY TIMES.
IT'S FUNNY HOW THINGS WORK OUT
LIKE THAT, AND YOU KNOW,
FORTUNATE KIND OF RIGHT PLACE AT
THE RIGHT TIME.
>> Kelly: WHY DO YOU THINK YOU
BLOOMED LATER, AND WHY, I GUESS,
HOW KWUKLY -- QUICKLY YOU
BLOOMED, LATE BLOOMERS, YOU HAVE
TO SPEND SOME TIME.
YOU WERE ONLY IN THE MINORS FOR
A YEAR AND A HALF THAT.
SURPRISED ME.
>> I THINK WHEN I DECIDED TO
TAKE HOCKEY SERIOUSLY WAS KIND
OF AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT I
GREW UP AND GOT A BIG BIGGER.
EVERY SUMMER I CAME BACK AND
WORKED AS HARD AS I COULD TO GET
BETTER AND COME INTO TRAINING
CAMP WITH A STEP ABOVE EVERYBODY
ELSE AND TRY TO MAKE A GOOD
IMPRESSION.
WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME
TO DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
TO BE A QUICK LEARNER, AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW,
I DID, AND I LEARNED FROM OTHER
PLAYERS, EXPERIENCED GUYS T
WORKED OUT.
I KEPT TO IT, AND PUT MY HEAD
DOWN AND WORKED HARD.
>> Scott: THREE YEARS AT
MINNESOTA DULUTH WHERE FOR ABOUT
THE THIRD TIME IN YOUR CAREER
YOU WERE NOT DRAFTED, AND THIS
TIME INTO THE NHL.
SO YOUR CAREER PATH WASN'T
NEARLY AS CLEAR AS IT'S BEEN FOR
MOST IF NOT ALL OF YOUR
TEAMMATES.
DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE A
GREATER APPRECIATION FOR WHERE
YOU ARE NOW IN.
>> I THINK EVERY PLAYER IN THAT
ROOM APPRECIATES WHERE THEY ARE.
FOR ME, IT'S MAYBE THE
PERCENTAGE IS A LOT LOWER, THE
PATH I TOOK, SO YOU KNOW, I COME
INTO THE RINK EVERY DAY WITH A
SMILE ON MY FACE, AND KNOW THAT
HOW FORTUNATE OF A POSITION I'M
IN.
>> Scott: YOU HAVEN'T SAID NO TO
A LOT OF APPARENTS IN VANCOUVER
AND ONE THAT STOOD OUT FOR YOU
WAS MARCHING IN VANCOUVER'S GAY
PRIDE PARADE WITH MANNY
MALHOTRA.
WHY DID YOU DO IT.
>> IT WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME
I SIGNED.
THEY ASKED FICOULD DO IT.
I HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT.
IT'S A SUMMER THING HERE IN
VANCOUVER.
SO YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY
JUST -- I WAS FLATTERED, AND IT
STANDS FOR A GOOD CAUSE,
OBVIOUSLY.
I THINK THAT RACE AND
DISCRIMINATION AND FROM OUR
SOCIETY AND WHOEVER WANTS TO
PLAY CAN PLAY.
GOOD MESSAGE.
>> Scott: ABSOLUTE.
IF YOU CAN PLAY, YOU CAN PLAY.