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Canada Rick Nash

#61 Boston Bruins / NHL - 17/18
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Jun 16, 1984
Position
LW/RW
Age
38
Height
6'4" / 193 cm
Place of Birth
Brampton, ON, CAN
Weight
212 lbs / 96 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Toronto Marlboros MHA
Status
Retired
Drafted
2002 round 1 #1 overall by Columbus Blue Jackets
Agency
PREMIUM
Highlights
1-time World Championship Gold Medal 1
2-time Olympic Gold Medal 2
1-time U20 WJC Silver Medal 1
2-time World Championship Silver Medal 2
1-time CHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time NHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time NHL Foundation Player Award 1
1-time NHL Most Goals (Maurice Richard Trophy) 1
1-time NL Champion 1
1-time NL Forward of the Year 1
1-time OHL First All-Rookie Team 1
1-time OHL Rookie of the Year (Emms Family Award) 1
1-time OHL Third All-Star Team 1
3-time World Championship All-Star Team 3
1-time World Championship Most Valuable Player 1

A big body, Nash is also blessed with tremendous offensive instincts. He loves to shoot and has the shot to score a lot of goals. Owns great acceleration and skates really well. Also has the puck control to beat defensemen one on one regularly.

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1999-00 Toronto Marlboros U15 AAA GTHL U15 34 61 54 115 34 - |
Milton Merchants OPJHL 1 0 1 1 0 - |
2000-01 London Knights OHL 58 31 35 66 56 -18 | Playoffs 4 3 3 6 8 -5
Canada Ontario U17 WHC-17 6 6 2 8 8 - |
2001-02 London Knights “A” OHL 54 32 40 72 88 -16 | Playoffs 12 10 9 19 21 -7
Canada U20 WJC-20 7 1 2 3 2 3 |
2002-03 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 74 17 22 39 78 -27 |
2003-04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 80 41 16 57 87 -35 |
2004-05 HC Davos NLA 44 27 20 47 83 - | Playoffs 15 9 2 11 26 -
Canada WC 9 9 6 15 8 7 |
2005-06 Columbus Blue Jackets “A” NHL 54 31 23 54 51 5 |
Canada OG 6 0 1 1 10 -2 |
2006-07 Columbus Blue Jackets “A” NHL 75 27 30 57 73 -8 |
Canada WC 9 6 5 11 4 8 |
2007-08 Columbus Blue Jackets “A” NHL 80 38 31 69 95 2 |
Canada WC 9 6 7 13 6 9 |
2008-09 Columbus Blue Jackets “C” NHL 78 40 39 79 52 11 | Playoffs 4 1 2 3 2 -4
2009-10 Columbus Blue Jackets “C” NHL 76 33 34 67 58 -2 |
Canada OG 7 2 3 5 0 1 |
2010-11 Columbus Blue Jackets “C” NHL 75 32 34 66 34 2 |
Canada “C” WC 7 2 3 5 2 4 |
2011-12 Columbus Blue Jackets “C” NHL 82 30 29 59 40 -19 |
2012-13 HC Davos NLA 17 12 6 18 8 5 |
New York Rangers NHL 44 21 21 42 26 16 | Playoffs 12 1 4 5 0 3
2013-14 New York Rangers NHL 65 26 13 39 36 10 | Playoffs 25 3 7 10 8 -1
Canada OG 6 0 1 1 2 2 |
2014-15 New York Rangers NHL 79 42 27 69 36 29 | Playoffs 19 5 9 14 4 8
2015-16 New York Rangers NHL 60 15 21 36 30 8 | Playoffs 5 2 2 4 4 0
2016-17 New York Rangers “A” NHL 67 23 15 38 26 9 | Playoffs 12 3 2 5 4 1
2017-18 New York Rangers “A” NHL 60 18 10 28 24 -8 |
Boston Bruins NHL 11 3 3 6 4 -4 | Playoffs 12 3 2 5 10 -7
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1997-98 Toronto Jr. Maple Leafs QC Int PW - - - - - - |
1998-99 Team Ontario CWG - - - - - - |
2001-02 Canada U18 “A” Nations Cup 5 5 5 10 35 - |
2004-05 HC Davos Spengler Cup 5 3 3 6 4 - |
Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
2019-20 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Special Asst. to GM
2020-21 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Special Asst. to GM
2021-22 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Dir. of Player Development
Canada WC Asst. General Manager
2022-23 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Dir. of Player Development
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
CWG 1 - - - - - - - | 0
GTHL U15 1 34 61 54 115 3.38 34 - | 0
Nations Cup (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 5 5 5 10 2.00 35 - | 0
NHL 15 1 060 437 368 805 0.76 750 -11 | 7 89 18 28 46 0.52 32 0
NLA (NL) 2 61 39 26 65 1.07 91 5 | 1 15 9 2 11 0.73 26 -
OG 3 19 2 5 7 0.37 12 1 | 0
OHL 2 112 63 75 138 1.23 144 -34 | 2 16 13 12 25 1.56 29 -12
OPJHL (OJHL) 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 - | 0
QC Int PW 1 - - - - - - - | 0
Spengler Cup 1 5 3 3 6 1.20 4 - | 0
WC 4 34 23 21 44 1.29 20 28 | 0
WHC-17 1 6 6 2 8 1.33 8 - | 0
WJC-20 1 7 1 2 3 0.43 2 3 | 0
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Derick Brassard (F) 2007-2016 9 Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers
Rostislav Klesla (D) 2002-2011 8 Columbus Blue Jackets
Mats Zuccarello (F) 2012-2018 6 New York Rangers
Marc Staal (D) 2012-2018 6 New York Rangers
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DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
01/11/2019
01/11/2019 Confirmed No team Retired
02/25/2018
02/25/2018 Confirmed New York Rangers Boston Bruins
09/18/2012
09/18/2012 Confirmed New York Rangers HC Davos
07/23/2012
07/23/2012 Confirmed Columbus Blue Jackets New York Rangers
07/04/2009
07/04/2009 Extension Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets
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Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2000, 1 #4 overall by London Knights in the OHL Priority Selection

Number 61 retired by Columbus Blue Jackets

Number 61 retired by London Knights

Cult/Star player for Canada

Cult/Star player for Columbus Blue Jackets

Cult/Star player for Davos

Cult/Star player for London Knights

Cult/Star player for New York Rangers

Career transactions
- 2012-07-23 • Traded to the New York Rangers with Steven Delisle & a conditional 2013 3rd round pick for Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, Tim Erixon & a 2013 1st round pick (Kerby Rychel)
- 2009-07-03 • Signed to an eight-year contract extension by the Columbus Blue Jackets
- 2005-08-06 • Re-signed to a five-year contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets
- 2004-08-03 • Signed to a lockout contract by Davos
- 2002-10-07 • Signed to a three-year entry-level contract by the Columbus Blue Jackets

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