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Dominik Hasek

Dominik Hašek
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2014
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Hašek during a 2007–08 game with the Detroit Red Wings
Born (1965-01-29) January 29, 1965 (age 52)
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 166 lb (75 kg; 11 st 12 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for
National team  Czechoslovakia 
 Czech Republic
NHL Draft 199th overall, 1983
Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career 1980–2011
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Czech Republic
Winter Olympics
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin
Representing  Czechoslovakia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1983 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Vienna
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Stockholm
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Berne / Fribourg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Minnesota
Silver medal – second place 1983 Leningrad
Silver medal – second place 1985 Helsinki/Turku

Dominik Hašek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdomɪnɪk ˈɦaʃɛk], About this sound audio ; born January 29, 1965) is a retired Czech ice hockey goaltender. In his 16-season National Hockey League (NHL) career, he played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings and the Ottawa Senators. During his years in Buffalo, he became one of the league's finest goaltenders, earning him the nickname "The Dominator". His strong play has been credited with establishing European goaltenders in a league previously dominated by North Americans. He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, both with the Red Wings. On January 27, 2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Hasek was part of the second group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

Hašek was one of the league's most successful goaltenders of the 1990s and early 2000s. From 1993 to 2001, he won six Vezina Trophies. In 1998 he won his second consecutive Hart Memorial Trophy, becoming the first goaltender to win the award multiple times. During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, he led the Czech national ice hockey team to its first and only Olympic gold medal. The feat made him a popular figure in his home country and prompted hockey legend Wayne Gretzky to call him "the best player in the game". While with the Red Wings in 2002, Hašek became the first European-trained starting goaltender to win the Stanley Cup. In the process, he set a record for shutouts in a postseason year.


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