COLUMBUS, Ohio — There have been a lot of dark times for Rick Nash over the previous few months, but it was all smiles for one night.
Nash, the former Rangers all-star winger, announced his retirement Friday due to lingering complications from a career full of concussions. But he was out on the ice at Nationwide Arena next to his wife and three young children Sunday night, dropping a ceremonial first puck before the Rangers’ 7-5 loss to the Blue Jackets.
Nash, 34, was drafted by Columbus with the No. 1-overall selection back in 2002, and played the first nine seasons of his career here.