Dominik Hašek (IPA ['dominɪk 'haʃɛk]) (born January 29, 1965, in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, currently the Czech Republic) is a professional National Hockey League goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings. In his 15-season NHL career, he has also played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, 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 is credited for bringing European goaltenders into a league where the position was once widely dominated by North Americans.[1]
| Dominik Hašek | |||
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| Born |
January 29, 1965 Pardubice, ČSSR | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 166 lb (75 kg; 11 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Detroit Red Wings Ottawa Senators Buffalo Sabres Chicago Blackhawks | ||
| NHL draft |
199th overall, 1983 Chicago Blackhawks | ||
| Playing career | 1990(NHL)–present | ||
Hašek has been one of the league's most successful goaltenders over the past decade and a half. In an eight season span from 1993 to 2001 he won six Vezina Trophies, and in 1998 he became the first goaltender to win consecutive Hart Trophies.[2] During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, he led the Czech national ice hockey team to its first and only Olympic gold medal, which transformed him into one of the most popular figures in the Czech Republic,[3] and prompted hockey legend Wayne Gretzky to call him "the best player in the game."[4] In 2002, Hašek became the first European starting goaltender to win the Stanley Cup when he led the Red Wings to a championship, setting a record for shutouts in a playoff year in the process.[5]
Hašek is considered a very unorthodox goaltender, with a distinct play style that has labeled him as a "flopper."[6] He is best known for his concentration, foot speed and flexibility. He is also known for his unusual habit of dropping his stick to grab a loose puck with his blocker hand rather than using the conventional trapper. His puckhandling is considered to be his biggest weakness.[6]
Hašek is regarded as a future Hall of Famer by those in the hockey world.[7] He is the oldest active goalie in the NHL at 42, and the second oldest active player in the league after Red Wings teammate Chris Chelios, who is 45.
Early life
Hašek started playing hockey at a very young age in his native Czechoslovakia. His competitive goaltending career began at the age of six, as he explains:[8]
They held a tryout for 6-year-old boys and my father took me there. I didn't even have real skates. I had those blades that you screwed onto the soles of your shoes, but I was tall, and the 9-year-olds didn't have a goalie, so they put me in with them.
At the age of 16, Hašek made the move to the top level of Czech hockey, playing for his home team in the Czech league's First Division. After moving up the ranks and eventually playing for the Czechoslovakian National team, Hašek thought he was ready for the NHL. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in 1983, and despite being a very talented player, he was selected in the 10th round, 199th overall. This was mainly due to the unwillingness of NHL teams to draft players from behind the Iron Curtain, as players' countries often barred them from playing in the NHL, or the players themselves preferred not to go. It would be several months before Hašek would find out that he was even drafted.[9]
From that point up until 1990, Hašek played in his native Czechoslovakia for the Czechoslovak Extraliga teams HC Pardubice and HC Jihlava. He was named the top ice hockey player in Czechoslovakia in 1987, 1989, and 1990, along with being named Czechoslovak Goaltender of the Year from 1986 through 1990.[10] After communist rule ended in 1989, the borders of the Soviet Bloc countries opened, allowing him to emigrate to the United States with aspirations of playing in the NHL.[9] His American career began with the Indianapolis Ice of the IHL, where he played parts of two seasons. His NHL debut with the Blackhawks finally came in the 1990–91 season, eight years after the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.
NHL career
In Chicago, Hašek spent time as the backup to Ed Belfour, and only played 25 games over two seasons with the Blackhawks. He made his NHL debut on November 6, 1990 in a game against the Hartford Whalers wearing the number 31. He would record his first shutout against the Toronto Maple Leafs later that year.
On August 7, 1992, Hašek was traded to the Buffalo Sabres for goalie Stephane Beauregard and future considerations, which later materialized into a draft pick used to obtain Eric Daze. In Buffalo, wearing number 39, he was initially the backup goaltender, first playing behind Tom Draper and then Grant Fuhr. When Fuhr was injured partway through the season, Hašek was elevated to starter, where he displayed his talent and began to develop into a top tier goaltender. In 1994, he won his first Vezina Trophy, and shared the William M. Jennings Trophy with teammate Grant Fuhr. Hašek played 58 games with a league-best 1.95 GAA, seven shutouts, and a .930 save percentage. He followed this feat by again winning the Vezina Trophy in 1995.
Buffalo (1996–1998)
Hašek continued his success with the Sabres in the 1996-97 season, but was overshadowed by a conflict between Hašek and then-head coach Ted Nolan, leading to a clique-like atmosphere and a lot of tension in the franchise.[11] The uproar continued into the playoffs, where Hašek had to be replaced by Steve Shields in a first round game against the Ottawa Senators. Hašek claimed he felt his knee pop, and the team doctor pronounced him day-to-day. The media and some teammates had other ideas though, and speculated that Hašek was using his injury to bail out on the team.[11] One such individual was Buffalo News columnist Jim Kelley, who wrote a column that night that appeared in the following day's newspaper. The article went in depth into Hašek's injury and the conflict with Nolan, and accused Hašek of having poor mental toughness.[12] After the Senators won game five, Kelley approached Hašek for an interview, and Hašek attacked Kelley.[12] He received a three-game suspension and a $10,000 (US) fine. Behind the strong play of Sheilds, the Sabres fought back against the Senators and took the series in seven games. However, Hašek claimed his knee was still injured throughout the next series against the Philadelphia Flyers, which saw the Sabres' elimination in five games.
Though General Manager John Muckler was named "Executive of the Year", he was fired for his constant feuding with Nolan. Hašek, who sided with Muckler, stated in an interview during the 1997 NHL Awards Ceremony that it would be better if Nolan was not rehired.[13] Despite winning the Jack Adams Award as top coach, Nolan was only offered a one-year contract extension by replacement GM Darcy Regier, which he rejected under the grounds that it was too short. He did not return the following season. Nolan was a popular coach, and many fans were upset by Hašek's alleged actions to get rid of Nolan.[14] For the first six weeks of the next season he was booed so vigorously that arena workers would play tapes of a crowd cheering to help balance it out.[15] As the season progressed, Hašek played well and won back many fans; he again won the Vezina Trophy, as well as the Lester B. Pearson Award and the Hart Trophy. At the time, he was only the second goalie to ever win the Hart, along with Jacques Plante.
Hašek played a career high 72 games in the 1997–98 season, and set a team record with 13 shutouts. Six of these shutouts came in December, which tied the all-time NHL record for most in one month.[16] He again won the Lester B. Pearson Award, the Hart Trophy, and the Vezina Trophy, becoming the first goalie in NHL history to win the Hart twice. He donated the $10,000 prize money after winning the Pearson Award in 1998 to the Variety Club of Buffalo.[16]
1999 Stanley Cup Finals
In 1999, Hašek notched a career best 1.87 GAA and .937 save percentage, easily capturing him his third consecutive Vezina. He also finished runner-up for the Hart and Pearson trophies. Though the Sabres did not have a stellar regular season and finished with the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference, they defeated the Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs in the playoffs en route to a best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final against the Presidents' Trophy-winning Dallas Stars. The Sabres eventually lost the series four games to two, with the decisive sixth game being one of the longest Stanley Cup playoff games in NHL history. Hašek and Ed Belfour made 50 and 53 saves, respectively, in a sudden-death triple-overtime duel that only ended when Brett Hull scored a controversial Cup-winning goal with his foot in the crease. The goal was not reviewed immediately, so officials did not notice Hull's foot in the crease until many minutes later. After video reviews showed Hull's position, the goal was still upheld, leaving the Sabres infuriated. Hašek himself was quoted as saying "Maybe [the video judge] was in the bathroom. Maybe he was sleeping. Maybe he doesn't know the rule."[17] The following season, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced that video replays would no longer be used to judge if players are in the crease or not, and that it would be a judgment call by the officiating crew.
After the season ended, Hašek contemplated retirement due to a combination of injuries and a desire to become more involved in his family life.[18] His initial announcement that he was considering quitting hockey stunned many of his teammates, particularly Mike Peca and Jason Woolley.[18]
Final years with Buffalo (1999–2001)
Due to persistent injuries, Hašek's 1999–00 season was comparatively poor, and for the first time in several years he failed to win a major NHL award. Though he recovered in time for the playoffs, the Sabres were eliminated in the first round after five games against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The 2000–01 season would be Hašek's final year in Buffalo, and would see him winning the Vezina Trophy for the sixth time, the most of any goaltender in the modern era. He also won his second William M. Jennings Trophy. The Sabres were again matched up with Philadelphia in the first round of the playoffs, where Hašek outplayed his Czech compatriot and 1998 Olympic back-up Roman Cechmanek. Hašek led the Sabres to an 8–0 blanking of the Flyers in the clinching sixth game. In the second round, the Sabres played a dramatic seven-game series against Mario Lemieux's Pittsburgh Penguins, which culminated with the Penguins winning the final game in overtime.
Detroit and Ottawa (2001–present)
Prior to the start of the next season, Hašek was traded to the Detroit Red Wings in an attempt to lower the Sabres' payroll and to send Hašek to a more competitive team.[1] He was dealt for Vyacheslav Kozlov, a first round selection in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft (which eventually became the draft pick of Jim Slater), and future considerations.
During his first season with Detroit, Hašek posted a career high 41 wins with just 15 losses, helping the Red Wings earn the President's Trophy with the league's best record. In the playoffs, he led the Wings past the Vancouver Canucks, the St. Louis Blues, the Colorado Avalanche and eventually the Carolina Hurricanes in the finals to win the Stanley Cup. In the finals, he became the first goalie to be awarded an assist on an overtime game-winning goal in the post-season after passing the puck to Wings captain Steve Yzerman, who then assisted Fredrik Olausson in scoring the final goal. He also claimed the record for most shutouts in a post-season with six, though Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils immediately broke the record in 2003.
That summer Hašek officially announced his retirement so he could spend time with his family and other hobbies, and claimed that his career was complete.[19] However, after Detroit's first round loss to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the following season, he announced his desire to play again. This would create a difficult situation for the Red Wings, who had two years left on Curtis Joseph's three-year $24 million contract, which had a no-trade clause. Detroit was also under pressure with the knowledge that the rival Colorado Avalanche would be looking for a goalie to replace Patrick Roy after his retirement.[19] With Manny Legacé also on the Wings' roster, Detroit now had three potential starting goalies.
The 2003–04 season was problematic for Hašek, as he injured his groin after playing just 14 games. Early into the 2004 year on January 9, he and the team agreed he should rest his injury for two to four weeks. Hašek told general manager Ken Holland that he would not accept any pay while he was injured and did not make this refusal public at the time. On February 10, he announced that he was not going to continue to play that season, surprising the Red Wings management.[20] He eventually revealed that he refused $3 million of his $6 million salary.[21] In April 2004, he underwent groin surgery in Prague, and returned to his hometown of Pardubice to recuperate.
After his contract with the Wings expired, Hašek announced his intention to play for a Stanley Cup contender, and specifically named the Ottawa Senators as a possibility.[22] On July 6, 2004, the Senators signed Hašek to a one-year deal, after trading Patrick Lalime to the St. Louis Blues.
Hašek played increasingly well for the Senators up until the 2006 Winter Olympics. During the season, he reached 300 career wins, and his GAA and save percentage were the second-best in the league. However, at the Olympics, he injured his right adductor muscle while making a save in the first qualifying match against Germany, forcing him to leave the game after only 9 minutes and 25 seconds.[23]
Hašek's injury caused him to miss the rest of the regular season and post-season despite several rumours that he would return in time for the playoffs. He said that if he were to be re-signed, he would play for a base salary of just $500,000 with bonuses.[24] After the Senators were eliminated, they opted not to re-sign Hašek. On July 31, 2006, at the age of 41, Hašek joined the Red Wings for the third time in his career. He signed a one-year $750,000 US contract, with added bonuses if the team succeeded in the playoffs. He would turn out to be one of the league's best bargains, posting 38 wins and a 2.05 goals against average while leading the Red Wings to the number one seed in the Western Conference. He also broke his own NHL record by going 181 minutes and 17 seconds without giving up a goal, which was broken up by the Vancouver Canucks on November 14, 2006.[25]
Midway through the regular season, the team announced that in order to avoid injury and to preserve Hašek for the playoffs, he would not play on consecutive nights.[26] He did this for the first time of the season on April 21 and 22 against the Calgary Flames in games 5 and 6 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Hašek would go on to win both games, which closed out the series for Detroit. In the next round against the San Jose Sharks, the Red Wings were on the road and down two games to one, but Hašek finished the series strong and held the Sharks to only three goals in the next three games. His 28-save shutout in game six tied him for sixth place on the all-time NHL playoff shutouts list and sent the Red Wings to the Western Conference finals against the Anaheim Ducks.
International play
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Ice hockey | ||
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1998 Nagano | Ice hockey |
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2006 Turin | Ice hockey |
| World Championships | ||
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1983 | Ice hockey |
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1987 | Ice hockey |
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1989 | Ice hockey |
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1990 | Ice hockey |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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1982 | Ice hockey |
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1983 | Ice hockey |
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1985 | Ice hockey |
Hašek's most memorable international performance came in the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he led the Czech national team to the gold medal. He was stellar throughout the tournament, allowing six goals in total—only two of which were in the medal round. Against Team Canada in the semifinals, Hašek stopped Canada's Theoren Fleury, Ray Bourque, Joe Nieuwendyk, Eric Lindros, and Brendan Shanahan in a dramatic shootout win. He then shut out the Russian team 1–0 in the final game, stopping 20 shots. He was later announced as the best goaltender in the Olympics, leaving him overjoyed. After he won the gold, he was quoted as saying:[27]
"When the game ended, I just threw my stick. I was so happy. When I saw the flag go up, I saw my whole career flash before my eyes from the first time my parents took me to a game until now."
His play made him one of the most popular figures in the Czech Republic, with popularity status comparable to that of the country's president Václav Havel.[28] He also helped to inspire an opera (titled Nagano) about the Czech team's gold medal victory,[29] and in 2003, Petr Pravec and Lenka Šarounová named an asteroid (8217 Dominikhašek) in his honour.[30] In the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Hašek played for just nine minutes and twenty-five seconds, until he injured his right adductor muscle. Despite his absence, the Czechs managed to earn the bronze medal with backup goaltender Tomas Vokoun, which Hašek received as well.
Style of play
Hašek presents one of the most unorthodox styles of goaltending in hockey.[6][31] He is extraordinarily flexible, so much that at one point in his childhood, doctors in his native country were marvelling at how he could contort himself to make saves.[8] When he was featured in a MasterCard commercial, he was described as "having a Slinky for a spine."[32]
Hašek goes down on almost every shot, covering the bottom of the net where most goals are scored. His play style of a "flopper" is attributed to the fact that he flops around in the crease and uses every part of his body to make saves. He has also been known to use his head to stop the puck. Occasionally, Hašek will even drop his stick and cover the puck with his blocking hand, while most goaltenders would use the trapper instead.[6] In response to all the speculation he receives from his choice of play style, Hašek explained:[8]
They say I am unorthodox, I flop around the ice like some kind of fish. I say, who cares as long as I stop the puck?
Hašek's unique style has been known to attract fans to games.[33] Because of his flexibility, Hašek manages to make saves that other goalies would consider very difficult — an opposing coach once referred to them as "miracle saves." These types of saves include toe-stops, snagging pucks from behind his back, and a maneuvre known as the "Hašek roll".[8][34] Hašek is also known for his strict regimen of conditioning.[35] For his third stint in Detroit, he lost a considerable amount of weight between May and September of 2006 to increase his flexibility.
Off the ice
Hašek and his wife Alena have two children: a son named Michal (born 1989) and a daughter named Dominika (born 1994). He divides much of his free time playing squash and inline hockey, where he plays defense. When he was younger, Hašek played competitive soccer as a midfielder, and was a junior tennis champion in Eastern Bohemia.[36] His brother Martin is also a competitive athlete and currently plays for the Czech Republic soccer team AC Sparta Praha. Hobby-wise, Hašek claims that he has been a fan of professional wrestling since his Buffalo days, and says that he mostly follows his favorite wrestlers, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Don Muraco.[37]
Due to his formal education, Hašek stands out among Czech sportsmen. He earned a university degree after studying history and the Czech language in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hradec Králové, which qualified him to be a teacher, and led him to teach high school classes.[38] Hašek also has a brand of sportswear named Dominator Clothing, which was launched shortly after the Nagano Olympics in 1998 and is very popular among Dominik's fans in the Czech Republic. It also had two locations in Michigan for a short time.[39] In May 2001, Hašek founded the Dominik Hašek Youth Hockey League/Hašek's Heroes, and has donated over $1 million to help underprivileged children in Buffalo play hockey.[40]
Hašek is known to appreciate humor to keep team spirits up, and often jokes about his resemblance to Cosmo Kramer of Seinfeld.[41] In the late 1990s, he was featured in a Mastercard commercial that praised his flexibility.[32] On November 26 2006, Mark Parisi's comic panel off the mark featured a comic about Hašek's childhood.[42]
Throughout his long career, Hašek has been represented by agent Rich Winter.[16]
Template:H3 During an inline hockey game on May 18, 2003, Hašek was accused of assaulting another player. He was playing as a defender for Bonfire Střída when he crosschecked Martin Šíla. The prosecutor in the case, Lenka Strnadová, ruled two months later that there was no evidence that Hašek intended bodily harm and recommended the case be treated as a misdemeanor, punishable only by fine ($95 USD maximum), rather than a felony where jail time would have been possible.[43] Hašek's lawyer Pavel Jelínek announced in a statement that media reports about the incident were exaggerated, with Šíla not having sustained any documented injuries. In October 2003, the country's top prosecutor overruled Strnadová, saying her ruling was unlawful because the case had not been properly investigated. The Pardubice prosecution then investigated the case again, and reached the same decision as Strnadová.[44]
Transactions
- August 7, 1992 — Traded to Buffalo for Stephane Beauregard and a fourth round pick (Eric Daze)
- May 1, 1997 — Suspended three playoff games and fined $10,000 by National Hockey League for grabbing a reporter (Jim Kelley) who had written a critical column
- June 30, 2001 — Traded to Detroit for Vyacheslav Kozlov, a first round pick in 2002 (Jim Slater) and future considerations
- July 27, 2005 — Contract option exercised by Ottawa for 2005–06 season
Career statistics
Bolded numbers indicate season leader
Regular season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T* | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SA | SV% | Assists | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–82 | HC Pardubice | CSEx | 12 | - | - | - | 661 | 34 | - | 3.09 | - | - | - | - |
| 1982–83 | HC Pardubice | CSEx | 42 | - | - | - | 2358 | 105 | - | 2.67 | - | - | - | - |
| 1983–84 | HC Pardubice | CSEx | 40 | - | - | - | 2304 | 108 | - | 2.81 | - | - | - | - |
| 1984–85 | HC Pardubice | CSEx | 42 | - | - | - | 2419 | 131 | - | 3.25 | - | - | - | - |
| 1985–86 | HC Pardubice | CSEx | 45 | - | - | - | 2689 | 138 | - | 3.08 | - | - | - | - |
| 1986–87 | HC Pardubice | CSEx | 43 | - | - | - | 2515 | 103 | - | 2.46 | - | - | - | - |
| 1987–88 | HC Pardubice | CSEx | 31 | - | - | - | 1862 | 93 | - | 3.00 | - | - | - | - |
| 1988–89 | HC Pardubice | CSEx | 42 | - | - | - | 2507 | 114 | - | 2.73 | - | - | - | - |
| 1989–90 | Dukla Jihlava | CSEx | 40 | - | - | - | 2251 | 80 | - | 2.13 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 1990–91 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 33 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1903 | 80 | 5 | 2.46 | - | .915 | 4 | - |
| 1990–91 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 8 | 0 | 2.46 | 93 | .914 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991–92 | Indianapolis Ice | IHL | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1162 | 69 | 1 | 3.56 | - | - | 0 | 2 |
| 1991–92 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1014 | 44 | 1 | 2.60 | 413 | .893 | 0 | 8 |
| 1992–93 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 28 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1429 | 75 | 0 | 3.15 | 720 | .896 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993–94 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 58 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 3358 | 109 | 7 | 1.95 | 1,552 | .930 | 3 | 6 |
| 1994–95 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 41 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2416 | 85 | 5 | 2.11 | 1,221 | .930 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995–96 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 59 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 3417 | 161 | 2 | 2.83 | 2,011 | .920 | 1 | 6 |
| 1996–97 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 67 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 4037 | 153 | 5 | 2.27 | 2,177 | .930 | 3 | 30 |
| 1997–98 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 72 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 4220 | 147 | 13 | 2.09 | 2,149 | .932 | 2 | 12 |
| 1998–99 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 64 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 3817 | 119 | 9 | 1.87 | 1,877 | .937 | 0 | 14 |
| 1999–00 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 35 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2066 | 76 | 3 | 2.21 | 937 | .919 | 1 | 12 |
| 2000–01 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 67 | 37 | 24 | 4 | 3904 | 137 | 11 | 2.11 | 1,726 | .921 | 3 | 22 |
| 2001–02 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 65 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 3872 | 140 | 5 | 2.17 | 1,654 | .915 | 1 | 8 |
| 2002–03 | DNP - Retired | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003–04 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 816 | 30 | 2 | 2.20 | 324 | .907 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004–05 | DNP - Lockout | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005–06 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 43 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2583 | 90 | 5 | 2.09 | 1,202 | .925 | 0 | 16 |
| 2006–07 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 56 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 3341 | 114 | 8 | 2.05 | 1,309 | .913 | 2 | 20 |
| CSEx Totals | 339 | - | - | - | 19690 | 912 | - | 2.78 | - | - | - | - | ||
| IHL Totals | 53 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 3065 | 149 | 6 | 2.92 | - | - | 0 | - | ||
| NHL Totals | 694 | 362 | 208 | 82 | 40487 | 1488 | 76 | 2.20 | 19,365 | .923 | 20 | 158 | ||
Statistics as of April 7, 2007
*Note: As of the 2005–06 season, ties have been replaced by an overtime or shootout loss
Playoffs
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SA | SV% | Assists | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 | 39 | .923 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991–92 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 8 | 1 | 3.03 | 70 | .886 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992–93 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1.33 | 24 | .958 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993–94 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 7 | 3 | 4 | 384 | 13 | 2 | 1.61 | 261 | .950 | 0 | 2 |
| 1994–95 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 309 | 18 | 0 | 3.49 | 131 | .863 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996–97 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 5 | 0 | 1.96 | 68 | .926 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997–98 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 15 | 10 | 5 | 948 | 32 | 1 | 2.02 | 514 | .938 | 0 | 4 |
| 1998–99 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1217 | 36 | 2 | 1.77 | 587 | .939 | 1 | 8 |
| 1999–00 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 301 | 12 | 0 | 2.39 | 147 | .918 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000–01 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 13 | 7 | 6 | 833 | 29 | 1 | 2.08 | 347 | .916 | 0 | 14 |
| 2001–02 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1455 | 45 | 6 | 1.85 | 562 | .920 | 1 | 8 |
| NHL Playoff Totals | 97 | 53 | 39 | 5972 | 202 | 12 | 2.02 | 2,750 | .926 | 3 | 40 | ||
Statistics as of April 7, 2007.
International
Bolded numbers indicate tournament leader
| Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | CZE | IHWC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 5 | 1 | 2.50 | - | - |
| 1984 | CZE | CC | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 188 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - |
| 1984 | CZE | WJC | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 380 | 10 | 0 | 1.89 | - | - |
| 1985 | CZE | IHWC | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 538 | 19 | 0 | 2.12 | - | - |
| 1986 | CZE | IHWC | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 520 | 19 | 1 | 2.19 | - | - |
| 1987 | CZE | CC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 360 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 | - | - |
| 1989 | CZE | IHWC | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 600 | 21 | 2 | 2.10 | - | - |
| 1990 | CZE | IHWC | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 480 | 20 | 1 | 2.50 | - | - |
| 1991 | CZE | CC | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 300 | 18 | 0 | 3.60 | - | - |
| 1988 | CZE | Oly | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 18 | 0 | 4.98 | - | - |
| 1998 | CZE | Oly | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 369 | 6 | 2 | 0.97 | 155 | .961 |
| 2002 | CZE | Oly | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 239 | 8 | 0 | 2.01 | 105 | .948 |
| 2006 | CZE | Oly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Senior Totals | 69 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 3940 | 166 | 7 | 2.40 | - | - | ||
| Olympic Totals | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 834.25 | 14 | 2 | 2.00 | 261 | .946 | ||
Legacy
Milestones
Hašek won his 300th National Hockey League game on October 15, 2005, in a 5–1 home victory with the Ottawa Senators over the Boston Bruins. He stopped 34 of 35 shots in the win, and was holding a shutout until Bruins forward Pat Leahy jammed a loose puck under him three minutes into the third period. Hašek became the twenty-second goaltender to reach this milestone.[6] He is the oldest goaltender in NHL history to post a 30-win season, and was the first goaltender to ever win the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1997 for most outstanding player in the entire league. He is also the only goaltender to win the Hart Trophy twice for Most Valuable Player, and is only one Vezina Trophy away from tying Jacques Plante's total of seven for most all-time.
Records
In nine seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, Hašek acquired over 25 franchise records, including most all-time games played, wins, shutouts and lowest goals aganst average.[16] He also holds the Sabres' record for most shutouts in a single season with 13 in 1997–98, and lowest goals against average in a single season with a total of 1.87 in 1998–99. During the Detroit Red Wings' championship run in 2002, Hašek set franchise records for most games played, minutes played, wins and shutouts in a playoff year. He is also on several notable NHL records lists:
- 1st place — Most games played by a European
born goaltender (694) - 3rd place — Most shutouts of all active players
- 4th place — Most wins of all active players
- 7th place — Most shutouts (76)
- 8th place — Lowest goals against average (2.21)
- 14th place — Most wins (362)
- Longest shutout streak (181 minutes, 17 seconds)
- Most saves in a shutout victory (42)[16]
- Most shutouts in one month (six in 97–98)
- First European goalie to lead in GAA in one year (1993–94)
- First goalie since 1974 to have a GAA below 2.00 (1993–94)
- 2nd place — Most shutouts in one season (6)
- 4th place — Most wins (57)
- 6th place (tied) — Most shutouts (13)
Awards
| Award | Year(s) awarded |
|---|---|
| Hart Memorial Trophy | 1997, 1998 [45] |
| Lester B. Pearson Award | 1997, 1998[46] |
| Vezina Trophy | 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001[47] |
| William M. Jennings Trophy | 1994, 2001[48] |
| NHL first All-star Team | 1994, 1995, 1997 1998, 1999 |
| NHL All-Rookie Team | 1991–92 |
| All-Star Game | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 (did not play due to injury) |
| Award | Year nominated | Award winner |
|---|---|---|
| Hart Trophy | 1993–94 | Sergei Fedorov - (Detroit Red Wings) |
| Hart Trophy | 1994–95 | Eric Lindros - (Philadelphia Flyers) |
| Hart Trophy | 1998–99 | Jaromir Jagr - (Pittsburgh Penguins) |
| Lester B. Pearson Award | 1998–99 | Jaromir Jagr - (Pittsburgh Penguins) |
| Award received | Year |
|---|---|
| Czechoslovak Golden Hockey Stick | 1987, 1989, 1990 |
| Czech Golden Hockey Stick | 1997, 1998 (with the Sabres) |
| Czech Sportsperson of the Year | 1994, 1998 |
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