Dominik Hasek says goodbye to Red Wings, NHL

 
DETROIT - Dominik Hasek didn't put much thought into how he threw his body around, how he dropped his stick and moved so fast he made people's heads spin. To him,... [link]

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Hasek Retires… For (Likely) the Last Time

From TSN : Detroit Red Wings goaltender Dominik Hasek officially announced his retirement from the National Hockey League after 16 seasons. Hasek leaves the NHL as one of the most important goaltenders the game has ever seen. From 1993 to ...
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Retire Hasek's number, too | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Dominik Hasek knows he's done now. He first retired six years ago, too, after the Red Wings had won the Stanley Cup. His departure then had all the poetic nuances — the heroic warrior leaving the battle perched on the throne as newly crowned royalty, ...
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Dominik Hasek officially retires

The 43-year-old has hung his goalie gear up for good this time. Hasek's last moments on the NHL ice surface were fitting: parading around with the Stanley Cup. Sure, it was Chris Osgood that overtook Hasek's role in the Detroit net in this year's ...
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Hasek announces retirement

"The Dominator" is done dominating. Dominik Hasek, who earned his nickname by being one of the best goalies on the planet throughout the 1990s and into the new millennium, announced Monday morning at a news conference in Detroit that he is retiring ...
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- SLAM! Sports - Hockey NHL - Detroit - Hasek remembered as one of the all-time best

Martin Brodeur had one of the best seats in the house for one of Dominik Hasek's finest hours. It was 1998 in Nagano, the NHL's first foray in the Olympics. "In that tournament, he was just unbelievable," Brodeur told The Canadian Press on Monday ...
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From Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press: Hasek deserved the farewell presser the Wings threw for him Monday even more so than after the 2002 Stanley Cup championship run, of which his arrival the previous summer from Buffalo was the epicenter. But ...
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The Detroit Free Press's Evil Drew Sharp believes that Dominik Hasek's contributions to the Detroit Red Wings merit retiring his #39: June 10, Detroit Free Press: Hasek deserved the farewell presser the Wings threw for him Monday even more so...
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June 10th... 1964 - Toronto Maple Leafs selected goaltender Terry Sawchuk from Detroit and forward Dickie Moore from Montreal, in the annual NHL Intra-League Draft. 1978 - 17-year-old Wayne Gretzky signed a personal services contract with Nelson ...
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I guess the only surprising part of goalie Dominik Hasek retiring is that it's the sane, obvious thing to do. That's just never been Hasek. And I kind of don't believe he'll stay retired anyway. Look at his Detroit career . He retired from Detroit ...
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The Dominator is done. Dominik Hasek announced his retirement during a news conference in Detroit on Monday, only days after the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in six games over Pittsburgh. "Sixteen years is a long time in life that has unfortunately ...
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DETROIT - The passion that made Dominik Hasek great is gone. So, the goaltender known as the "Dominator" said goodbye to the Detroit Red Wings and NHL. "Physically, I'm felling great - as well as ever," Hasek said yesterday as he announced his...
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