Before Yale: Skated with the Nanaimo Clippers of the BCJHL... Helped the team to Chevrolet Cup 2005-06 regular season championship... In 2006-07 he was instrumental in helping Nanaimo win Chevrolet Cup Island Conference championship and Fred Page Cup title as BCJHL's best.

Personal: Brendan James Mason, the son of Tom and Diana Mason, is a member of Calhoun College... His hobbies include skimboarding, surfing and camping... Spent one summer working in a lumber mill.