Rick Nash

Rick Nash
Nash with the Rangers during the 2012-13 season.
Born	(1984-06-16) June 16, 1984 (age 32) Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	219 lb (99 kg; 15 st 9 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	New York Rangers Columbus Blue Jackets HC Davos
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	1st overall, 2002 Columbus Blue Jackets
Playing career	2002–present

Rick Nash (#61, far left) lines up with Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Winter Games
	2010 Vancouver
	2014 Sochi
World Championships
	2007 Russia
	2005 Austria
	2008 Canada
World Junior Championships
	2002 Czech Republic

Richard McLaren Nash (born June 16, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently an alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Drafted out of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) by the Columbus Blue Jackets first overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, Nash played with the London Knights for two seasons, earning the Emms Family Award in 2001 as the League's Rookie of the Year. He began his NHL career with the Blue Jackets the season immediately following his draft, in 2002–03, and was nominated for the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year. In his second NHL season, Nash scored 41 goals to tie with Jarome Iginla and Ilya Kovalchuk for the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy as the NHL goal-scoring champion. Nash is also a five-time NHL All-Star and has been awarded the NHL Foundation Player Award in the 2008–09 for his work in the community.

Internationally, Nash has represented Team Canada extensively, with whom he has won one gold and two silver medals at the World Championships, and two gold medals at the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014. Additionally, he has represented Canada at the 2002 World Junior Championships, helping the team to a silver medal, and also competed for Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.