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6 16 june 1984 2002 left 2002 225px new york rangers rick nash rangers.jpg can nash with the rangers during the 2014 playoffs columbus blue jackets hc davos 213 brampton , on , can columbus blue jackets 1st overall left wing nhl 4 rick nash

rick nash

richard mclaren nash -lrb- born june 16 , 1984 -rrb- is a canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the new york rangers of the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- .
drafted out of the ontario hockey league -lrb- ohl -rrb- 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 .
