Jeff Mason (born August 11, 1981) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League.
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 teams 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. 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 started the season with Lillehammer in the Norwegian Get Ligaen before returning to the Giants for the remainder of the 2012-13 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 teams Best Defensman. The 2015-16 season will be his 6th with the Giants.
Career statistics
| Season | Team | League | | Regular Season | | Playoffs |
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| GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2005-05 | 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 | 46 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 59 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012-13 | Lillehammer | 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 | 53 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 55 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| ECHL Totals | 287 | 41 | 88 | 129 | 144 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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Awards and honors
| Award | Year | |
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| EIHL First All-Star team | 2011-12 | |
| EIHL MVP Defenseman | 2011-12 | |
| EIHL League Champion | 2011-12 | |
| EIHL League Champion | 2013-14 | |
