2010 Olympic Gold Medalist: Rick Nash

"Drafted out of the Ontario Hockey League by the Blue Jackets first overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, Rick Nash played with the London Knights for two seasons, earning the Emms Family Award in 2001 as the league rookie of the year. He began his NHL career with Columbus the season immediately following his draft and was nominated for the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year. In his second NHL season, Nash scored a career-high 41 goals to tie with Jarome Iginla and Ilya Kovalchuk for the Rocket Richard Trophy as league goal-scoring champion. Nash is a four-time NHL All-Star and has been awarded the NHL Foundation Player Award in 2009 for his work in the community.
On December 30, 2009, Nash was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. After starting the tournament on Sidney Crosby's wing, he was switched to a line with Mike Richards and Jonathan Toews, who was named Best Forward. Nash contributed two goals and three assists in Canada's gold medal win.

Nash was also one of the four NHL players that attended the Mike Weir Charity Classic this year. I figured I would try and get my 16x20 of Team Canada signed by him as well.

He is a super nice guy. Even after teeing off his first shot, Rick would head back to the crowd to sign more autographs.

I hope to meet him again in the future so that, like with Brodeur, I can get a photo with him to add to my collection.

Running Count: 4 autographs
Drew Doughty
Corey Perry

Martin Brodeur
Rick Nash