Wes Walz

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10 ▪ Weight: 189 lbs.
Born: May 15, 1970 in Calgary, Alberta
Draft: Boston, 3rd round (57th overall), 1989 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1989-90	19	BOS	NHL	2	1	1	2	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
1990-91	20	BOS	NHL	56	8	8	16	7	-14	32	7	1	0	1	7	0	1	57	14.0
1991-92	21	TOT	NHL	17	1	3	4	1	-2	12	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	19	5.3
1991-92	21	BOS	NHL	15	0	3	3	1	-3	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	0.0
1991-92	21	PHI	NHL	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
1993-94	23	CGY	NHL	53	11	27	38	13	20	16	10	1	0	0	19	0	8	79	13.9
1994-95	24	CGY	NHL	39	6	12	18	7	7	11	2	4	0	1	11	0	1	73	8.2
1995-96	25	DET	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
2000-01	30	MIN	NHL	82	18	12	30	13	-8	37	11	0	7	3	9	2	1	152	11.8	1373	16:45
2001-02	31	MIN	NHL	64	10	20	30	11	0	43	8	0	2	5	18	1	1	97	10.3	1069	16:42
2002-03	32	MIN	NHL	80	13	19	32	12	11	63	13	0	0	4	18	1	0	115	11.3	1275	15:56
2003-04	33	MIN	NHL	57	12	13	25	10	5	32	9	0	3	2	13	0	0	70	17.1	929	16:18
2005-06	35	MIN	NHL	82	19	18	37	15	7	61	17	1	1	0	14	3	1	127	15.0	1304	15:54
2006-07	36	MIN	NHL	62	9	15	24	9	3	30	8	0	1	1	15	0	0	77	11.7	923	14:53
2007-08	37	MIN	NHL	11	1	3	4	1	-5	6	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	11.1	152	13:48
Career			NHL	607	109	151	260	100	23	343	87	8	14	18	131	7	13	878	12.4	7025	16:02

NHL Miscellaneous

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
1989-90	19	BOS	NHL	2	0.50	0.50	1.00	0.41	0.00	0.50	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	0	-1	0.1	0.0	0.1
1990-91	20	BOS	NHL	56	0.14	0.14	0.29	0.12	0.57	1.02	7	7	14	6	26	2	41	3	-14	-0.2	0.2	0.0
1991-92	21	TOT	NHL	17	0.06	0.18	0.24	0.08	0.71	1.12	1	3	4	1	5	0	8	1	-2	-0.3	0.2	-0.1
1991-92	21	BOS	NHL	15	0.00	0.20	0.20	0.05	0.80	1.13	0	3	3	1	4	0	8	1	-3	-0.3	0.1	-0.2
1991-92	21	PHI	NHL	2	0.50	0.00	0.50	0.27	0.00	1.00	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.1	0.1	0.1
1993-94	23	CGY	NHL	53	0.21	0.51	0.72	0.25	0.30	1.49	10	24	34	12	55	15	21	1	20	2.1	1.2	3.3
1994-95	24	CGY	NHL	39	0.15	0.31	0.46	0.17	0.28	1.87	10	21	31	11	31	9	15	0	7	0.7	0.6	1.3
1995-96	25	DET	NHL	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
2000-01	30	MIN	NHL	82	0.22	0.15	0.37	0.16	0.45	1.85	20	13	33	14	38	1	67	22	-8	1.1	1.6	2.8
2001-02	31	MIN	NHL	64	0.16	0.31	0.47	0.17	0.67	1.52	11	23	34	12	38	1	57	20	0	1.4	1.3	2.7
2002-03	32	MIN	NHL	80	0.16	0.24	0.40	0.15	0.79	1.44	15	21	36	14	45	0	55	21	11	1.4	2.2	3.5
2003-04	33	MIN	NHL	57	0.21	0.23	0.44	0.18	0.56	1.23	14	15	29	12	33	0	37	9	5	1.6	1.4	3.0
2005-06	35	MIN	NHL	82	0.23	0.22	0.45	0.18	0.74	1.55	19	17	36	15	51	4	60	20	7	1.7	2.2	4.0
2006-07	36	MIN	NHL	62	0.15	0.24	0.39	0.14	0.48	1.24	9	15	24	9	29	0	39	13	3	0.7	1.4	2.2
2007-08	37	MIN	NHL	11	0.09	0.27	0.36	0.12	0.55	0.82	1	3	4	1	4	0	10	1	-5	0.1	0.0	0.1
Career			NHL	607	0.18	0.25	0.43	0.17	0.57	1.45	118	163	281	109	358	34	412	111	23	10.5	12.3	22.8

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1990-91	20	BOS	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1993-94	23	CGY	NHL	6	3	0	3	2	-1	2	3	0	0	0	7	42.9
1994-95	24	CGY	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
2002-03	32	MIN	NHL	18	7	6	13	5	5	14	5	0	2	2	29	24.1	313	17:24
2006-07	36	MIN	NHL	5	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	59	11:50
Career			NHL	32	10	7	17	7	2	20	8	0	2	2	48	20.8	372	16:12

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1987-88	17	Calgary North Stars	AMHL	35	47	52	99			72
1987-88	17	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL	1	1	1	2			0
1988-89	18	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	63	29	75	104			32
1989-90	19	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	56	54	86	140			69
1989-90	19	Canada	WJC-A	7	2	3	5			0
1990-91	20	Maine Mariners	AHL	20	8	12	20			19
1991-92	21	2 Teams	AHL	62	26	39	65			75
1991-92	21	Maine Mariners	AHL	21	13	11	24			38
1991-92	21	Hershey Bears	AHL	41	13	28	41			37
1992-93	22	Hershey Bears	AHL	78	35	45	80			106
1993-94	23	Saint John Flames	AHL	15	6	6	12			14
1995-96	25	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	38	20	35	55			58
1996-97	26	EV Zug	Swiss	41	24	22	46			67
1997-98	27	EV Zug	Swiss	38	18	34	52			32
1997-98	27	EV Zug	EuroHL	5	1	3	4			10
1998-99	28	EV Zug	Swiss	42	22	27	49			75
1998-99	28	EV Zug	EuroHL	6	7	5	12			4
1999-00	29	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL	6	4	3	7		7	8	3	0	1	1	12	33.3
1999-00	29	HC Lugano	Swiss	13	7	11	18			14
1999-00	29	HC Lugano	EuroHL	1	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0
2000-01	30	Canada	WC-A	6	0	4	4		3	2	0	0	0	0
Career		5 Seasons	AHL	213	95	137	232			272
Career		1 Season	AMHL	35	47	52	99			72
Career		3 Seasons	EuroHL	12	8	8	16			14	0	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	IHL	6	4	3	7		7	8	3	0	1	1	12	33.3
Career		4 Seasons	Swiss	134	71	94	165			188
Career		1 Season	WC-A	6	0	4	4		3	2	0	0	0	0
Career		3 Seasons	WHL	120	84	162	246			101
Career		1 Season	WJC-A	7	2	3	5			0

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1988-89	18	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	8	1	5	6			6
1989-90	19	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	19	13	24	37			33
1990-91	20	Maine Mariners	AHL	2	0	0	0			21
1991-92	21	Hershey Bears	AHL	6	1	2	3			0
1996-97	26	EV Zug	Swiss	9	5	1	6			39
1997-98	27	EV Zug	Swiss	20	16	12	28			18
1998-99	28	EV Zug	Swiss	10	3	9	12			2
1998-99	28	EV Zug	EuroHL	2	0	0	0			12
1999-00	29	HC Lugano	Swiss	5	3	4	7			4
1999-00	29	HC Lugano	EuroHL	4	3	3	6			4	1	2	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	8	1	2	3			21
Career		2 Seasons	EuroHL	6	3	3	6			16	1	2	0	0
Career		4 Seasons	Swiss	44	27	26	53			63
Career		2 Seasons	WHL	27	14	29	43			39

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 13 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Wes Walz		4.0	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.2	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
Randy Wood	89.0	3.6	3.2	3.1	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.3
Tony Hrkac	89.0	4.0	3.6	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.5	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.2
John Marks	88.6	4.1	3.8	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.2	0.4	-0.2	-0.2
Joe Klukay	88.3	4.3	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.0	1.9	1.0	0.4	-0.5
Sean Avery	88.2	4.2	4.0	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.2
Murph Chamberlain	87.7	3.3	2.5	2.4	2.2	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.5
Jason Chimera	86.8	4.9	3.3	3.0	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.1	1.8	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0
Randy Robitaille	86.6	3.6	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.0	1.9	1.9	0.1	0.0	-0.2
Marty Pavelich	86.4	4.1	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.4	2.1	1.4	0.7	0.5	0.2
Ken Houston	86.3	3.8	3.3	3.2	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.0	0.6	0.2

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Wes Walz		4.0	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.2	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
Randy Wood	89.0	3.6	3.2	3.1	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	-0.3
Tony Hrkac	89.0	4.0	3.6	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.5	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.2
John Marks	88.6	4.1	3.8	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.2	0.4	-0.2	-0.2
Joe Klukay	88.3	4.3	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.0	1.9	1.0	0.4	-0.5
Sean Avery	88.2	4.2	4.0	3.1	3.1	2.6	2.3	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.2
Murph Chamberlain	87.7	3.3	2.5	2.4	2.2	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.5
Jason Chimera	86.8	4.9	3.3	3.0	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.1	1.8	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0
Randy Robitaille	86.6	3.6	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.0	1.9	1.9	0.1	0.0	-0.2
Marty Pavelich	86.4	4.1	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.4	2.1	1.4	0.7	0.5	0.2
Ken Houston	86.3	3.8	3.3	3.2	2.9	2.6	2.4	2.0	0.6	0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Games Played 2000-01 NHL 82 (3) 2005-06 NHL 82 (3)	Short-Handed Goals 2000-01 NHL 7 (2) 2003-04 NHL 3 (10)

Games Played

2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2005-06 NHL 82 (3)

Short-Handed Goals

2000-01 NHL 7 (2)
2003-04 NHL 3 (10)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

January 2, 1992: Traded to Philadelphia by Boston with Garry Galley and Boston's 3rd round choice (Milos Holan) in 1993 Entry Draft for Gord Murphy, Brian Dobbin, Philadelphia's 3rd round choice (Sergei Zholtok) in 1992 Entry Draft and Philadelphia's 4th round choice (Charles Paquette) in 1993 Entry Draft, January 2, 1992.

August 26, 1993: Signed as a free agent by Calgary, August 26, 1993.

September 6, 1995: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, September 6, 1995.

October 12, 1999: Signed as a free agent by Long Beach (IHL), October 12, 1999.

June 28, 2000: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, June 28, 2000.

December 1, 2007: Officially announced his retirement December 1, 2007.

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