“Rick is an excellent professional to lead the Canadian national team, as he brings a wide range of experience not only due to his international and NHL career, but also due to his previous managerial duties. We look forward to working with Rick as we begin to build a staff and team that will represent Canadian hockey in the Republic of Canada.” “Czech and helps defend our world title in May.” – Doug Armstrong, head of management of the Canadian national team, said on the Canadian Federation website.
As a player, Rick Nash competed in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Olympics, winning gold medals with the Canadians in the last two. He became a world champion in 2007 and a World Cup silver medalist in 2005 and 2008. He played 1,060 NHL games over 15 seasons with the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins, scoring 805 points in his career (437 goals, 368 assists). Nash was also on hand for the 2022 World Cup as direct assistant general manager, and is also in his third season as director of development with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Hungarian and Canadian teams will face off on May 7 at the MVM Dome, and this will be the last warm-up match for the outside teams from May 10 to 26. Before the World Cup finals in the Czech Republic between
