Wes Walz

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CanadaCanada  Wes Walz Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 15, 1970
place of birth Calgary , Alberta , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 82 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 3rd lap, 57th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
1988-1990 Lethbridge Hurricanes
1990-1992 Boston Bruins
1992-1993 Hershey Bears
1993-1995 Calgary Flames
1995-1996 Adirondack Red Wings
1996-1999 EV train
1999 Long Beach Ice Dogs
1999-2000 HC Lugano
2000-2008 Minnesota Wild

Wesley "Wes" Walz (born May 15, 1970 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 639 games for the Boston Bruins , Philadelphia Flyers , Calgary Flames , Detroit Red Wings and Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied. In addition, Walz also spent a large part in Switzerland, where he celebrated his greatest career success with the EV Zug in the form of the Swiss championship title in 1998.

Career

Walz played for the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the Western Hockey League during his junior years . He was selected at the NHL Entry Draft in 1989 in the third round at position 57 by the Boston Bruins , who brought him to the end of the following season for two games in the NHL.

At the beginning of his professional career in the 1990/91 season , Walz was rarely used in the NHL and was often used in the farm teams in the American Hockey League , the Maine Mariners and the Hershey Bears . Although he was able to convince there and achieved an average of more than one point per game, his breakthrough in the NHL was initially denied. He was given to the Philadelphia Flyers , but also played there mostly in the AHL with the Hershey Bears.

For the 1993/94 season Walz moved to the Calgary Flames . He started again in the AHL with the Saint John Flames , but prevailed over the course of the season in the NHL team and reached his career record when he scored 38 points in 53 games. After an interlude with the Detroit Red Wings , he moved to Switzerland in 1996 for EV Zug . Here he quickly became a top performer and won the Swiss championship with the club in 1998 . He was named the most valuable player in the league. After a brief return to North America to the Long Beach Ice Dogs in the International Hockey League , he moved back to HC Lugano in Switzerland at the end of the year . For the HCL, however, he only played a total of 18 games.

On June 28, 2000, Walz signed a contract with the new team, the Minnesota Wild . Here he was able to build on the good performance in Europe and has been one of the top performers at Wild ever since. In 2003 Wes Walz was nominated for the Frank J. Selke Trophy . One of two players who have played in Minnesota since the Wild was founded, he entered the 2007-08 season and held the record for most games for the Wild. In early November 2007, however, he left the franchise roster for personal reasons and announced his retirement on December 1, 2007.

After the end of his active career, he joined the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant coach in the summer of 2008 . He worked there until his release in February 2010.

International

Walz represented his home country at both junior and senior level. At the Junior World Championships in 1990 he contributed five points in seven games to Team Canada’s gold medal win . For the senior selection, the striker was at the 2001 World Cup and failed with the team in the quarter-finals against the United States . Walz was successful with four assists in six encounters during the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1987/88 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 1 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1988/89 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 63 29 75 104 32 8th 1 5 6th 6th
1989/90 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 56 54 86 140 69 19th 13 24 37 33
1989/90 Boston Bruins NHL 2 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1990/91 Maine Mariners AHL 20th 8th 12 20th 19th 2 0 0 0 21st
1990/91 Boston Bruins NHL 56 8th 8th 16 32 2 0 0 0 0
1991/92 Maine Mariners AHL 21st 13 11 24 38 - - - - -
1991/92 Boston Bruins NHL 15th 0 3 3 12 - - - - -
1991/92 Hershey Bears AHL 41 13 28 41 37 6th 1 2 3 0
1991/92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
1992/93 Hershey Bears AHL 78 35 45 80 106 - - - - -
1993/94 Calgary Flames NHL 53 11 27 38 16 6th 3 0 3 2
1993/94 Saint John Flames AHL 15th 6th 6th 12 14th - - - - -
1994/95 Calgary Flames NHL 39 6th 12 18th 11 1 0 0 0 0
1995/96 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 38 20th 35 55 58 - - - - -
1995/96 Detroit Red Wings NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1996/97 EV train NLA 41 24 22nd 46 67 - - - - -
1997/98 EV train NLA 38 18th 34 52 32 - - - - -
1998/99 EV train NLA 42 22nd 27 49 75 - - - - -
1998/99 EHC Chur NLB - - - - - 7th 3 3 6th 14th
1999/00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 6th 4th 3 7th 8th - - - - -
1999/00 HC Lugano NLA 13 7th 11 18th 14th - - - - -
2000/01 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 18th 12 30th 37 - - - - -
2001/02 Minnesota Wild NHL 64 10 20th 30th 43 - - - - -
2002/03 Minnesota Wild NHL 80 13 19th 32 63 18th 7th 6th 13 14th
2003/04 Minnesota Wild NHL 57 12 13 25th 32 - - - - -
2004/05 Minnesota Wild NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 19th 18th 37 61 - - - - -
2006/07 Minnesota Wild NHL 62 9 15th 24 30th 5 0 1 1 4th
2007/08 Minnesota Wild NHL 11 1 3 4th 6th - - - - -
WHL overall 120 84 162 246 101 27 14th 29 43 39
AHL total 213 95 137 232 272 8th 1 2 3 21st
NHL overall 607 109 151 260 343 32 10 7th 17th 20th
NLA total 134 71 94 165 188 44 27 26th 53 63

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1990 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 2 3 5 0
2001 Canada WM 5th place 6th 0 4th 4th 2
Juniors overall 7th 2 3 5 0
Men overall 6th 0 4th 4th 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Walz, Wes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walz, Wesley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary , Alberta