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Columbus Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team founded in 2000 in Columbus, Ohio, United States and are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League. They are currently the only active team in the NHL to have never qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. The team owner is John H. McConnell, Scott Howson is the general manager, Ken Hitchcock is the head coach and the captain of the team is Rick Nash. They play their home games at Nationwide Arena in downtown Columbus. At the 2000 NHL Entry Draft on June 24, Columbus selected Rostislav Klesla fourth overall and they played their first regular season game on October 7, a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. With only 57 points, The Blue Jackets finished next to last in the 2001-02 NHL season.

The Columbus put a 7-5-1-1 record after the first fourteen games in the 2002-03 NHL season. Ken Hitchcock was named the new head coach on November 22. The team scored a record five power-play goals in a 6-2 win against the Ottawa Senators on December 10, 2006 and then on April 3, 2007, the Blue Jackets broke the modern day record for most shutouts against in a season with a 0-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. On March 12, 2008 the team announced that Rick Nash would become team captain.