Riley Nash
| Riley Nash | |||
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| Born |
May 9, 1989 Consort, Alberta, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 173 lb (78 kg; 12 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Center/Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Boston Bruins Carolina Hurricanes |
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| NHL Draft | 21st overall, 2007 Edmonton Oilers |
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| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Riley Nash (born May 9, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round, 21st overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
Nash was born in Consort, Alberta, but raised in Kamloops, British Columbia.
In his first full Junior A season in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in 2006–07, Nash scored 84 points in 55 games to finish as the Silverbacks' top scorer, rookie of the year and the team's most valuable player (MVP). Although he was drafted 21st overall by the Edmonton Oilers at the end of the season at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, he opted against immediately signing with the team.
Instead, he went on to play college ice hockey at Cornell University of the NCAA's ECAC conference, where he was a linemate of current Toronto Maple Leafs' forward Colin Greening. As was the case at Salmon Arm, Nash played at Cornell with his older brother Brendon, a defenceman. In his freshman year with the Big Red, Nash was selected as the Cornell University Hockey Rookie of the Year and to the 2007–08 College Hockey News All-Rookie Team.
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