Editing Rick Nash (section)

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984)}}
{{about|the hockey player|other people|Richard Nash (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = File:Ricknash2011.JPG
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Nash with the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] in October 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1984|6|16}}
| birth_place = [[Brampton]], Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 219
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]
| shoots = Left
| played_for =[[Columbus Blue Jackets]] <br>[[HC Davos]] <br>[[New York Rangers]] <br>[[Boston Bruins]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = 1st overall
| draft_year = 2002
| draft_team = [[Columbus Blue Jackets]]
| career_start = 2002
| career_end = 2018
}}

'''Richard Nash''' (born June 16, 1984) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] player who serves as the director of player development for the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). After being selected [[List of first overall NHL draft picks|first overall]] in the [[2002 NHL Entry Draft]] by Columbus, he played 15 seasons in the NHL for the Blue Jackets, [[New York Rangers]] and [[Boston Bruins]], and was selected to play in six [[National Hockey League All-Star Game]]s.

Prior to turning professional, Nash was a highly regarded prospect with the [[London Knights]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League]] (OHL) where he spent two seasons, earning the [[Emms Family Award]] in [[2000–01 OHL season|2001]] as the League's Rookie of the Year. He began his NHL career with the Blue Jackets immediately following his draft, in [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03]], and was nominated for the [[Calder Memorial Trophy|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]] as winners of the [[Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy]] as the NHL's leading goal-scorer. Nash is a six-time [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|NHL All-Star]] and was also awarded the [[NHL Foundation Player Award]] in the [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09 season]] for his charitable work in the Columbus community. He is the Blue Jackets franchise career leader in goals, points, and games played. Widely considered the greatest Blue Jackets player of all time, Nash's number 61 was retired by the franchise in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nash has number retired by Blue Jackets |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/rick-nash-has-number-retired-by-columbus-blue-jackets/c-331493242 |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=NHL.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Internationally, Nash has represented [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]], with whom he has won one gold and two silver medals at the [[World Ice Hockey Championships|World Championships]], and two gold medals at the Winter Olympics in [[Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2010]] and [[Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2014]]. Additionally, he has represented Canada at the [[2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2002 World Junior Championships]], helping the team to a silver medal, and also competed for Canada in the [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]].