Dominik Hašek

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2014
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2015
Dominik Hašek
Date of birth January 29, 1965
place of birth Pardubice , Czechoslovakia
Nickname Dominator
size 185 cm
Weight 75 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 10th lap, 199th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
1981-1989 HC Pardubice
1989-1990 HC Dukla Jihlava
1990-1992 Chicago Blackhawks
1992-2001 Buffalo Sabers
2001-2004 Detroit Red Wings
2005-2006 Ottawa Senators
2006-2008 Detroit Red Wings
2009-2010 HC Eaton Pardubice
2010-2011 HK Spartak Moscow

Dominik Hašek , b. Kaštánek , (born January 29, 1965 in Pardubice , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey goalkeeper . He was most recently under contract with HK Spartak Moscow in the Continental Hockey League until April 2011 . In the National Hockey League he was active for the Chicago Blackhawks , Buffalo Sabers , Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators .

The "Dominator" - as he was also called - was one of the dominant goalkeepers in the 1990s and was the only goalkeeper to win the Hart Memorial Trophy twice in a row as the most valuable player in the league. He has been named the best goalkeeper in the NHL six times with the Vezina Trophy . He won the Stanley Cup twice with the Detroit Red Wings and the Olympic gold medal with the Czech national team . He has been a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame since 2014 and the IIHF Hall of Fame since 2015 .

Athletic career

From early childhood until the 1988/89 season he played for his hometown club HC Pardubice , after which he moved to Dukla Jihlava for one season . His great role model was the Czech national goalkeeper Karel Lang , also known as "The Witcher" .

At the age of 18, Hašek was selected as the 199th player in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks in the tenth round. The 1.80 m tall Czech had to wait seven years until he received a contract from the Chicago Blackhawks and was able to move to North America in 1990. There he played his first NHL game against the Hartford Whalers on November 6, 1990 . The game ended 1-1 and Hašek was able to fend off 28 of 29 shots. With the Chicago Blackhawks, however, Dominik Hašek never made it to become a regular goalkeeper - between 1990 and 1992 he mainly played for the farm team in Indianapolis (IHL). On August 7, 1992 Dominik Hašek switched to the Buffalo Sabers in exchange for Stéphane Beauregard . In his first year with the Sabers he alternated in goal with Grant Fuhr and Daren Puppa before he became first goalkeeper in the 1993/94 season , together with replacement goal Grant Fuhr received the William M. Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals conceded and himself was honored with the Vezina Trophy as the best goalkeeper in the league . In 1996 he received the Vezina Trophy again. And in 1997 and 1998, he was honored twice in a row with the Lester B. Pearson Award for best player , the Hart Memorial Trophy for most valuable player, and the Vezina Trophy for best goalkeeper in the NHL . Despite the many personal successes, he was still missing a major title with the team. After all, he was able to win the gold medal with the Czech team at the 1998 Winter Olympics .

Resignation and comeback

Hašek had originally announced his resignation after the unsuccessful 1999/2000 season due to injury, but then withdrew. During the 2000/01 season Hašek declared that he wanted to defend the gold medal in Nagano (Japan) in Salt Lake City (USA) with the Czech Republic in 2002 . In order to optimally prepare for this event, he announced that he would play ice hockey for another year in the NHL . After this season, Dominik Hašek received the Vezina Trophy as the best goalkeeper in the NHL for the sixth time .

Hašek in the jersey of the Detroit Red Wings

On July 1, 2001, Hašek moved, in exchange for Vyacheslav Koslow and two first-round draft picks, from the Buffalo Sabers to the Detroit Red Wings . He signed an annual contract with an option for two more years. It was Hašek's last chance to win the Stanley Cup . He knew how to use this opportunity after an outstanding season with the Red Wings. In the final, the Carolina Hurricanes were defeated 4-1 in the series. Hašek had six shutouts in the play-offs , which meant a new NHL record. However, he did not succeed in defending the Olympic gold medal.

About a week after the final, Hašek announced his retirement from professional ice hockey on June 25, 2002 and went back to the Czech Republic with his family. A year later, in the 2003/2004 season , he made his comeback with the Red Wings, where he only played 14 games due to injuries. Hašek was committed as a free agent in 2005 after the lockout by the Ottawa Senators and completed 43 games in the 2005/06 season , but was not used in the play-offs because he injured himself in the first game against Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics and was canceled for the rest of the season. The Czech team won the bronze medal anyway.

After the end of the season, everything indicated that the now 41-year-old would finally end his career, especially since he had been injured frequently in recent years. The Ottawa Senators replaced him with Martin Gerber , who was nine years his junior, and did not renew his contract with Hašek. But on July 31, Hašek signed a one-year contract with his old employer, the Detroit Red Wings.

Hašek was able to reach for the Stanley Cup again. Although he was number one in Detroit, the number of his appearances was carefully dosed by coach Mike Babcock , as one did not want to risk injury from too many games. Hašek almost never sat on the substitute bench when he was not used because the risk of injury would have been too great if he had been substituted on. His back-up goals were Chris Osgood and Joey MacDonald . Hašek survived the season without major injuries and was again one of the best goalkeepers in the league. Especially in the playoffs he played a big part in the final of the Western Conference because of his strong performance.

After the season, he extended his contract again for a year, but this time threw him back several times injuries, so that he could only play half the games, but still got together with Chris Osgood the William M. Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals conceded. As number one, Hašek went into the playoffs for the Red Wings, but showed in the first round against the Nashville Predators weaknesses, whereupon he was replaced by Osgood. Detroit moved into the final against the Pittsburgh Penguins , where they won the Stanley Cup after six games.

A few days after the second Stanley Cup victory of his career, Hašek announced on June 9, 2008 that he would finally end his career at the age of 43.

Another comeback at home

On April 21, 2009, Dominik Hašek announced another comeback at the age of 44. In the 2009/10 season he played for his hometown club HC Eaton Pardubice in the Czech extra league and was able to win the Czech championship with this . In June 2010, the now 45-year-old moved to HK Spartak Moscow from the Continental Hockey League . There, his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2010/11 season.

Downsides

In addition to his outstanding athletic abilities, Hašek has been noticed several times due to his high temperament. During the 1996/97 season he attacked a reporter. During a friendly inline hockey game in the Czech Republic, he injured an opponent whom he had checked down from behind. He received a one-year ban from the Czech Inline Hockey Association.

particularities

A goalkeeper parade, the so-called Hašek roll , is named after Hašek . The goalkeeper, lying on the ground, lets go of his goalkeeper trowel and grabs his head with his free hand to fend off the puck. This maneuver is mainly used in 1-on-1 situations, when the attacking player has already played around the goalkeeper. Hašek was the first to use this movement. Furthermore, Hašek basically does not wear a goalkeeper mask with a cat-eye grid, but always a player's helmet with a cage grid (cage).

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
season team league GP W. L. T MIN GA SO ATM GP W. L. T MIN GA SO ATM
1981-1982 HC Pardubice ČSSR 12 661 34 3.09 - - - - - - - -
1982-1983 HC Pardubice ČSSR 42 2358 105 2.67 - - - - - - - -
1983-1984 HC Pardubice ČSSR 40 2304 108 2.81 - - - - - - - -
1984-1995 HC Pardubice ČSSR 42 2419 131 3.25 - - - - - - - -
1985-1986 HC Pardubice ČSSR 45 2689 138 3.08 - - - - - - - -
1986-1987 HC Pardubice ČSSR 43 2515 103 2.46 - - - - - - - -
1987-1988 HC Pardubice ČSSR 31 1862 93 3.00 - - - - - - - -
1988-1989 HC Pardubice ČSSR 42 2507 114 2.73 - - - - - - - -
1989-1990 HC Dukla Jihlava ČSSR 40 2251 80 2.13 - - - - - - - -
1990-1991 Indianapolis Ice IHL 33 20th 11 1 1903 80 5 2.52 1 1 0 - 60 3 0 3.00
Chicago Blackhawks NHL 5 3 0 1 195 8th 0 2.46 3 0 0 - 68 3 0 2.62
1991-1992 Indianapolis Ice IHL 20th 7th 10 3 1162 69 1 3.56 - - - - - - - -
Chicago Blackhawks NHL 20th 10 4th 1 1014 44 1 2.60 3 0 2 - 157 8th 0 3.05
1992-1993 Buffalo Sabers NHL 28 11 10 4th 1428 75 0 3.15 1 1 0 - 44 1 0 1.34
1993-1994 Buffalo Sabers NHL 58 30th 20th 6th 3357 109 7th 1.95 7th 3 4th - 483 13 2 1.61
1994-1995 HC Pardubice EL (CZ) 2 1 0 1 124 6th 0 2.90 - - - - - - - -
Buffalo Sabers NHL 41 19th 14th 7th 2416 85 5 2.11 5 1 4th - 309 18th 0 3.49
1995-1996 Buffalo Sabers NHL 59 22nd 30th 6th 3416 161 2 2.83 - - - - - - - -
1996-1997 Buffalo Sabers NHL 67 37 20th 10 4036 153 5 2.27 3 1 1 - 153 5 0 1.96
1997-1998 Buffalo Sabers NHL 72 33 23 13 4219 147 13 2.09 15th 10 5 - 947 32 1 2.03
1998-1999 Buffalo Sabers NHL 64 30th 18th 14th 3816 119 9 1.87 19th 13 6th - 1217 36 2 1.77
1999-00 Buffalo Sabers NHL 35 15th 11 6th 2066 76 3 2.21 5 1 4th - 301 12 0 2.39
2000-2001 Buffalo Sabers NHL 67 37 24 4th 3904 137 11 2.11 13 7th 6th - 833 29 1 2.09
2001-2002 Detroit Red Wings NHL 65 41 15th 8th 3871 140 5 2.17 23 16 7th - 1454 45 6th 1.86
2002-2003 no team because of retirement - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2003-2004 Detroit Red Wings NHL 14th 8th 3 2 816 30th 2 2.20 - - - - - - - -
2004-2005 no team due to NHL lockout - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2005-2006 Ottawa Senators NHL 43 28 10 4th 2583 90 5 2.09 - - - - - - - -
2006-2007 Detroit Red Wings NHL 56 38 11 6th 3340 114 8th 2.05 18th 10 8th - 1139 34 2 1.79
2007-2008 Detroit Red Wings NHL 41 27 10 3 2350 84 5 2.14 4th 2 2 - 205 10 0 2.91
2008-09 End of career
2009-10 HC Eaton Pardubice Extra league 36 24 12 - 2066 77 3 2.24 13 12 1 - 785 22nd 3 1.68
2010/11 Spartak Moscow KHL 46 23 19th 3 2711 112 7th 2.48 4th 0 3 0 204 14th 0 4.12
ČSSR as a whole 337 19566 906 2.78 - - - - - - - -
IHL total 53 27 21st 4th 3065 149 6th 2.92 1 1 0 - 60 3 0 3.00
NHL overall 735 389 223 95 42836 1572 81 2.20 119 65 49 - 7316 246 14th 2.02
Extraliga overall 38 25th 8th 1 124 6th 0 2.90 - - - - - - - -

International

Represented Czechoslovakia in:

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event GP W. L. T MIN GA SO ATM
1982 Czechoslovakia June EM
1983 Czechoslovakia June World Cup 6th 360 20th 3.33
1983 Czechoslovakia WM 2 1 1 0 120 5 1 2.50
1984 Czechoslovakia Canada Cup 4th 0 3 1 188 12 0 3.83
1985 Czechoslovakia WM 7th 4th 0 2 380 10 0 1.58
1986 Czechoslovakia WM 9 5 3 1 538 19th 0 2.12
1987 Czechoslovakia WM 9 5 2 2 520 19th 1 2.19
1987 Czechoslovakia Canada Cup 6th 2 3 1 360 20th 0 3.33
1988 Czechoslovakia Olympia 5 3 2 0 217 18th 1 4.98
1989 Czechoslovakia WM 10 4th 4th 2 600 21st 2 2.10
1990 Czechoslovakia WM 8th 5 3 0 480 20th 1 2.50
1991 Czechoslovakia Canada Cup 5 1 4th 0 300 18th 0 3.60
1998 Czech Republic Olympia 6th 5 1 0 369 6th 2 0.97
2002 Czech Republic Olympia 4th 1 2 1 239 8th 0 2.01
2006 Czech Republic Olympia 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0.00
Juniors overall 6th 360 20th 3.33
Men overall 76 36 28 10 4320 176 8th 2.44

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

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SURNAME Hašek, Dominik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaštánek, Dominik (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Pardubice , Czechoslovakia