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Dominik Hašek

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Dominik Hašek, born on 29 January 1965, is a Czech former ice hockey goaltender who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League, mostly for the Buffalo Sabres and also for the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators. Nicknamed the Dominator, he is widely considered among the greatest goaltenders in history. He won six Vezina Trophies between 1993 and 2001, took the Hart Memorial Trophy in consecutive seasons, led the Czech team to its only Olympic gold medal at Nagano in 1998, and was a two-time Stanley Cup champion with Detroit. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014.

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1. Dominik Hašek (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph, birth date
    born 29 January 1965
  • lead paragraph, competition-category
    Dominik Hašek (Czech: [ˈdomɪnɪk ˈɦaʃɛk], ; born 29 January 1965) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who was a goaltender for 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), mostly for the Buffalo Sabres.
  • Plays: Ice Hockey, lead paragraph, plays
    Dominik Hašek (Czech: [ˈdomɪnɪk ˈɦaʃɛk], ; born 29 January 1965) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who was a goaltender for 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), mostly for the Buffalo Sabres.
  • Competed In: 1998 Winter Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
    During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, he led the Czech national ice hockey team to its first and only Olympic gold medal.
  • Competed In: Stanley Cup, lead paragraph, competed-in
    While with the Red Wings in 2002, Hašek became the first European-trained starting goaltender to win the Stanley Cup.
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