Wes Walz Quotes

Canada, Hockey Forward
May 15, 1970

Wesley Walz is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player and former assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League . Previously, he played centre for the Minnesota Wild of the NHL and served as team captain. Walz played in 607 NHL games in 11 seasons with Boston, Philadelphia, Calgary, Detroit, and Minnesota. He had 260 points and 343 penalty minutes and earned 40 career multi-point games.

It seems whenever we have a little adversity, the emotions drop. We've fallen out of the race, and it kind of takes the wind out of your sails.

Wes Walz
- Emotions
- Adversity
- Sails
We've got a lot of guys in here that are playing for pride and contracts and different things. Now that we are out of the race, guys are playing looser and you can see it in our play.

Wes Walz
- Play
- Pride
- Race

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.

Wes Walz
- Feel
- Goal
- Adversity