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Hasek, Dominik (the Dominator)
Born: 1965 AD
Currently alive, at 48 years of age.
Nationality: Czech
Categories: Athlete, Hockey Player
Currently alive, at 48 years of age.
Nationality: Czech
Categories: Athlete, Hockey Player
1965 - Dominik Hasek, born on the 29th of January in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, currently the Czech Republic. He is a professional National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings.
1981 - At the age of 16 he joined the top hockey league in the country.
1983 - Entered the NHL draft and was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks.
1986 - 1990 - Goaltender of the Year.
1987 - 1988 - The Blackhawks offered him a contract, but he rejected it because at that time he did not feel the desire to leave his home country to play in North America.
1987 - 1989 - Playing for his home team HC Pardubice of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, winning two league titles.
1987 - 1990 - He was named the top ice hockey player of the Czechoslovak Extraliga.
1990 - Played in his native Czechoslovakia for HC Pardubice and HC Jihlava.
1993 - 2001 - He won six Vezina Trophies.
1996 - 1997 - Continued success in the 96–97 season was overshadowed by a conflict with then-head coach Ted Nolan.
1997 - 1998 - Played a career high 72 games in the 97–98 season, and set a team record with 13 shutouts.
1998 - He became the first goaltender to win consecutive Hart Trophies.
- During the 98' Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, he led the Czech national ice hockey team to its first and only Olympic gold medal.
- He donated the $10,000 prize money after winning the Pearson Award to the Variety Club of Buffalo.
1999 - Averaged a career best 1.87 GAA and .937 save percentage, easily capturing him his third consecutive Vezina.
1999 - 2000 - He was hampered by a nagging groin injury.
2000 - 2001 - His final season with Buffalo, he set a modern era record by collecting his sixth Vezina Trophy. He also won his second William M. Jennings Trophy.
2002 - While with the Red Wings in 02', he became the first European starting goaltender to win the Stanley Cup.
2003 - 2004 - Injured his groin after playing just 14 games.
2004 - In April, he underwent groin surgery in Prague, and returned to his hometown of Pardubice to recuperate.
2006 - On the 31st of July, at the age of 41, he joined the Red Wings for the third time.
1981 - At the age of 16 he joined the top hockey league in the country.
1983 - Entered the NHL draft and was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks.
1986 - 1990 - Goaltender of the Year.
1987 - 1988 - The Blackhawks offered him a contract, but he rejected it because at that time he did not feel the desire to leave his home country to play in North America.
1987 - 1989 - Playing for his home team HC Pardubice of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, winning two league titles.
1987 - 1990 - He was named the top ice hockey player of the Czechoslovak Extraliga.
1990 - Played in his native Czechoslovakia for HC Pardubice and HC Jihlava.
1993 - 2001 - He won six Vezina Trophies.
1996 - 1997 - Continued success in the 96–97 season was overshadowed by a conflict with then-head coach Ted Nolan.
1997 - 1998 - Played a career high 72 games in the 97–98 season, and set a team record with 13 shutouts.
1998 - He became the first goaltender to win consecutive Hart Trophies.
- During the 98' Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, he led the Czech national ice hockey team to its first and only Olympic gold medal.
- He donated the $10,000 prize money after winning the Pearson Award to the Variety Club of Buffalo.
1999 - Averaged a career best 1.87 GAA and .937 save percentage, easily capturing him his third consecutive Vezina.
1999 - 2000 - He was hampered by a nagging groin injury.
2000 - 2001 - His final season with Buffalo, he set a modern era record by collecting his sixth Vezina Trophy. He also won his second William M. Jennings Trophy.
2002 - While with the Red Wings in 02', he became the first European starting goaltender to win the Stanley Cup.
2003 - 2004 - Injured his groin after playing just 14 games.
2004 - In April, he underwent groin surgery in Prague, and returned to his hometown of Pardubice to recuperate.
2006 - On the 31st of July, at the age of 41, he joined the Red Wings for the third time.
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