Dominik Hasek
Dominik Hasek
Dominik Hašek; born January 29, 1965) is a retired Czech ice hockey goaltender. In his 16-season National Hockey Leaguecareer, 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...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth29 January 1965
CityPardubice, Czech Republic
I don't think there was any extra motivation, ... It's my first win here, but it's only preseason.
Every win has a nice felling, and 300 is a nice number, but still far away from (career wins leader) Patrick Roy,
It's definitely a great feeling to win the game and to win in the shootout. You get the extra one point which is great, but I would rather win the game in 60 minutes or in the regular overtime,
Our problem is that if we don't score five or six goals, we lose the game. We have to find a way to win these games. I think they worked a little bit harder than we did. It's very important to find a way to win the close games. In the playoffs, that's what it's going to be.
I don't know if we've deserved to win every game but we've always found a way to win and that's what's important.
I don't know if he surprised me. I went to make a butterfly stop and went down. He shot it top shelf and my glove wasn't there. It was a goal scorer's move.
I will be a little nervous before the game, ... It's my first time playing in Ottawa and I'm excited about it.
I had doubts. I didn't know for sure. I prepared better than anytime before. I worked very hard through the summer on my speed and flexibility. Overall, I'm happy with my performance thus far this season.
I can't say I'm disappointed or pleased with the process. I'd like it to go faster, but unfortunately it isn't. I suffered an injury, and it is a serious injury.
I signed his half and he signed mine. I still have my half.
It was a good workout for me, ... We scored power-play goals ? that was the big difference in tonight's game. We scored three and they couldn't score on the power play. My teammates cleared the rebounds. I made the first save and the whole game, maybe once or twice, they had a second shot.
I felt pretty good for the first time, but they didn't have their guys like Mario (Lemieux) and (John) LeClair in the lineup. So I'm not too excited about it,
He was a classy guy and it was always fun to be around him. He was saying whatever he felt, he didn't care. I can say he had the best wrist shot I ever played against. No doubt about it. His wrist shot was unbelievable.
It's extremely frustrating. Last week, or a week ago, I felt not bad. I had a few hard practices ... but the last few days I didn't even feel I could go down (to make a save).