Rick Nash
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| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) |
| NHL Team | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | June 16, 1984, Brampton, ON, CA |
| NHL Draft | 1st overall, 2002 Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Pro Career | 2002 – present |
Rick Nash (born June 16, 1984, in Brampton, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey Left Wing in the NHL, playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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[edit] Playing Career
Rick Nash was selected 1st overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Nash has played all of his NHL seasons to date for Columbus. His best season was 2003-04 when he scored 41 goals (and only 16 assists), sharing the league lead with Jarome Iginla and Ilya Kovalchuk. It was the lowest league high goal total since 1959-60. The 41 goals made Nash the first player since Eric Lindros to score over 40 goals in the National Hockey League as a teenager. With 41 goals, and 16 assists, Nash finished the year with 57 points, which ranked him out of the Top 40 in league wide scoring.
He played for Hockey Club Davos in the Swiss National League during the 2004-05 NHL lockout, along with fellow Canadian Joe Thornton. Davos would go on to win the Swiss Championship and Spengler Cup that season.
Knee and ankle injuries sidelined Nash for much of the first half of the 2005-06 NHL season. He played in only three of Columbus' first 31 games, ending his second trip to the injured reserve list on December 18. Shortly after being activated he was selected to play for Team Canada in the 2006 Olympics. Canada finished 7th.
[edit] Achievements & awards
- OHL All-Rookie Team (with the London Knights) - 2001
- Emms Family Award (rookie of the year) - 2001
- CHL All-Rookie Team - 2001
- NHL All-Rookie Team - 2003
- Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy (shared) - 2004
[edit] Career statistics
As of December 5th, 2006 [1]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2000-01 | London Knights | OHL | 58 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2001-02 | London Knights | OHL | 54 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 88 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 21 | ||
| 2002-03 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 74 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 78 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 80 | 41 | 16 | 57 | 87 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | HC Davos | NLA | 44 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 81 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 26 | ||
| 2005-06 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 54 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 51 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006-07 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 23 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 231 | 96 | 69 | 165 | 236 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
[edit] See also
| Preceded by: Milan Hejduk |
(Co)Winner of the Rocket Richard Trophy 2004 |
Succeeded by: Jonathan Cheechoo |
| Preceded by: Ilya Kovalchuk |
1st Overall Pick in NHL Entry Draft 2002 |
Succeeded by: Marc-Andre Fleury |
Categories: 1984 births | People from Brampton, Ontario | Canadian ice hockey players | Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks | Columbus Blue Jackets players | London Knights alumni | National Hockey League first round draft picks | National Hockey League first overall draft picks | Rocket Richard Trophy winners | Living people | Hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
