Wes Walz
Wes Walz
Wesley Walzis a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and former assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. Wes currently works as a sports analyst on Fox Sports North for the Minnesota Wild Hockey Club. Walz volunteered as an assistant coach with the Raptors of East Ridge High School, Woodbury, Minnesota. There he coached his son, Kelvin, on the boys varsity ice hockey team and a few years later he coached his daughter, Jaedyn, on...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 May 1970
almost few guys taking team
When you got a few guys out of the lineup, the other team has the puck. It's almost 60-40. When you got the puck, you're not going to be taking many penalties. Sometimes, it's now how many you take it's when you take them.
fold good guys hard knock pack rivalry team
We want to knock these guys out of the playoffs. We have a good rivalry with this team and we're not going to fold up our tents and pack it up, we re going to play hard all the way through.
coaching games guys last management playing remember season staff team
I know one thing. The coaching staff and management on our team will remember our last 10 games of the season more than they'll remember the first 10 games. There's some guys in here that are playing for their careers.
almost change either goal opportunity team within
It's almost like we play better within one goal either way. When we have a 4-1 lead, it's like we change the way we play. That team generated nothing by themselves. Any opportunity was because of our sloppiness.
definitely hope team
They're definitely a better team than that. But for our sake, I hope they play the same way.
brought dressing five forward knowledge moving players room team
I don't see this team moving forward without Jacques. He's brought so much credibility and knowledge into our dressing room by making the players responsible and doing the same thing for five years.
team fall adversity
We're just a fragile team right now. It seems like when we have a little bit of adversity, when something goes wrong, you can feel it on the bench, it kind of sinks. Unless we get a goal or something really positive happens, it's tough. I think falling out of the playoff race takes the wind out of your sails for sure.
coaching contracts dressing games guys last management obviously played playing remember room staff sure talked
We talked in our dressing room about the last 10 games of the year, making sure that we played the right way. Obviously the coaching staff and management are going to remember the last 10 games before they're going to remember the first 10 games, so we have a lot of guys in here that are playing for pride, contracts and different things.
best goes guys ice nights normally player saying star takes talking
There have been many nights where Gabby is the one talking before warm-up to get the guys ready. If you get your star player saying that, when normally he never did, and he goes out on the ice and is your best player most nights, that's what it takes to be a leader.
consistency days games last peaks played row seven stretch together valleys year
We've had more peaks and valleys in the consistency of our play this year than, I think, any other. If we can have a stretch where we put another six, seven games in a row together here, where we've played like we have over the last 10 days or so, we could be there.
understand
We all understand that it's something that could happen. I don't think anyone's untouchable in our room.
five four groin guys rhyme room time
There are four or five guys in the room all the time with groin injuries. There's no rhyme or reason.
far feels playoffs sliding
It feels like it's sliding away as far as making the playoffs a reality.
definitely exciting
I think it's going to be exciting for the fans, and it's definitely going to be exciting for the players.