Rick Nash left Halifax on Wednesday to attend a memorial service for John H. McConnell, owner of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Here's a snippet from the report.

Rick Nash, the Blue Jackets captain, flew in Wednesday afternoon with several other Blue Jackets from the World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

"The word 'great' gets overused these days," Nash said in his eulogy. "But to say he was a great man was an understatement."

Nash announced a scholarship program in McConnell's memory.
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