After 16 seasons in the NHL, Dominik Hasek officially announced his retirement today.
Hasek leaves the NHL as one of the most important goaltenders the game has ever seen. From 1993 to 2001, The Dominator won six Vezina Trophies and became the first goalie since Jacques Plante (1962) to be named the league's Most Valuable Player. Hasek was also the first goalie ever to win consecutive Hart Trophies in 1997 and 1998.
This past season with Detroit, he won 24 games and appeared in only the first 4 games of the playoffs against the Nashville Predators. He might have left Ottawa under less than ideal circumstances but he was still quite the um...character. His fun quotes will be missed and somewhere out there Marian Gaborik is breathing a slight sigh of relief.
Here's a vintage Mastercard Commercial featuring the Dominator to send him on his way.
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Don't forget the vodka Dom....heh. Happy retirement.