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{{Short description|Czech ice hockey player (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Dominik Hašek
| halloffame = 2014
| image = Dominik Hasek face cropped.jpg
| caption = Hašek with the [[Detroit Red Wings]] in 2008
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|1|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Pardubice]], Czechoslovakia
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 166
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| played_for = {{Plainlist|
* [[HC Dynamo Pardubice|HC Pardubice]]
* [[HC Dukla Jihlava]]
* [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
* [[Buffalo Sabres]]
* [[Detroit Red Wings]]
* [[Ottawa Senators]]
* [[HC Spartak Moscow]]
}}
| draft = 199th overall
| draft_year = 1983
| draft_team = [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]
| career_start = 1980
| career_end = 2011
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ih|CZE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]]|}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|}}
{{MedalCountry|{{TCH}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1983 World Ice Hockey Championships|1983 West Germany]]|}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1987 World Ice Hockey Championships|1987 Vienna]]|}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1989 World Ice Hockey Championships|1989 Stockholm]]|}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1990 Berne / Fribourg]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IIHF World Junior Championship|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1982 Minnesota]]|}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1983 Leningrad]]|}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1985 Helsinki/Turku]]|}}
}}

'''Dominik Hašek''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈdomɪnɪk ˈɦaʃɛk|lang}}, {{Audio|Dominik Hašek.ogg|audio}}; born 29 January 1965) is a Czech former [[ice hockey]] player who was a [[goaltender]] for 16 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), mostly for the [[Buffalo Sabres]]. Widely regarded as one of the best goaltenders in history, Hašek also played for the [[Chicago Blackhawks]], [[Detroit Red Wings]], and [[Ottawa Senators]] in his NHL career before finishing his career in Europe. While 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.<ref name="return">{{cite news|last = Samuelson|first = Karl|title = The return of the dominator: after taking a year off to charge his batteries, Dominik Hasek is back in goal for Detroit and ready to win another Stanley Cup|publisher = Hockey Digest|date = 1 November 2003}}</ref> He is a two-time [[Stanley Cup]] champion as a member of the Red Wings, winning his first one as the starting goaltender and his second one as the backup.

Hašek was one of the league's most successful goaltenders of the 1990s and early 2000s. From [[1992–93 NHL season|1993]] to [[2000–01 NHL season|2001]], he won six [[Vezina Trophy|Vezina Trophies]], the most under the award's current system of voting for the best individual goaltender. In [[1997–98 NHL season|1998]] he won his second consecutive [[Hart Memorial Trophy]], becoming the first goaltender to win the award multiple times. During the [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Winter Olympics]] in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], Japan, he led the [[Czech national ice hockey team]] to its first and only [[Olympic gold medal]]. The feat made him a popular figure in his home country and prompted hockey legend [[Wayne Gretzky]] to call him "the best player in the game".<ref name="Popularity">{{cite news|title=Q&A: Czech hockey goalie Dominik Hasek |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=3 February 2006 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/stories/indepth.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/01/Sports/hasek-qa060201.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514122115/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/stories/indepth.shtml?%2Fstory%2Folympics%2Fnational%2F2006%2F02%2F01%2FSports%2Fhasek-qa060201.html |archive-date=14 May 2006 |access-date=7 August 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="passion">{{cite magazine| last = Wigge| first = Larry| title = Passionate or passionless? It's a harbinger of spring – whether certain key players are playing with the passion and intensity needed for success in the Stanley Cup playoffs| url = https://business.highbeam.com/62653/article-1G1-20425448/passionate-passionless-harbinger-spring| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161129082607/https://business.highbeam.com/62653/article-1G1-20425448/passionate-passionless-harbinger-spring| url-status = dead| archive-date = 29 November 2016| date = 23 March 1998| magazine = [[The Sporting News]]| access-date = 4 April 2007}}</ref> While with the Red Wings in [[2001–02 NHL season|2002]], Hašek became the first European-trained starting goaltender to win the Stanley Cup.<ref>{{cite web| title = Lidstrom becomes first European to win Conn Smythe Trophy| url = http://www.iihf.com/news/iihfpr3402.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930011136/http://www.iihf.com/news/iihfpr3402.htm| archive-date = 30 September 2007| publisher = IIHF| date = 14 June 2002| access-date = 26 April 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8449966&view=stats Charlie Gardiner Stats and News | NHL.com]</ref> In the process, he set a record for [[Shutout (ice hockey)|shutouts]] in a postseason year.

Hašek was considered an unorthodox goaltender, with a distinct style that led to him being labeled as a "flopper".<ref name="MainBio">{{cite web|url=http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/hasek.html|title=Dominik Hasek (1990–present)|publisher=hockeygoalies.org|access-date=24 April 2007|year=2007}}</ref> He was best known for his concentration, foot speed, flexibility, and unconventional saves, such as covering the puck with his [[Blocker (ice hockey)|blocker]] rather than his [[trapper (ice hockey)|trapper]].<ref name="MainBio"/> Hašek holds the record for highest NHL career [[save percentage]] (0.9223) and is seventh (first in the modern era) in [[goals against average]] (2.202). He also has the third-highest NHL single-season save percentage (0.9366 in [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]), behind [[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]] in 2010–11 and [[Brian Elliott]]'s 0.940 in 2011–12.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yerdon|first=Joe|title=Tim Thomas sets new single-season NHL record for save percentage|date=9 April 2011|url=http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/09/tim-thomas-sets-new-single-season-nhl-record-for-save-percentage/|publisher=NBC Sports}}</ref><!-- Yes, it's save /percentage/ but expressed as 0.###(#), typically rounded to three digits --><ref>{{cite web |title=Best Save Percentage in One Season by NHL Goalies|url=http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/records/best-save-percentage-in-one-season-by-nhl-goalies.html|publisher=QuantHockey.com}}</ref> Hašek is the only goalie to face the most [[shots per 60 minutes]] and have the highest save percentage in the same season, which he achieved twice (1996 and 1998) playing for the Sabres.

At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest active goaltender in the NHL at 43, and the second-oldest active player in the league after Red Wings teammate [[Chris Chelios]], who was 46. Hašek announced his retirement on 9 June 2008,<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/dominik-hasek-announces-retirement-1.735218 | title = Dominik Hasek announces retirement | date = 9 June 2008 | access-date = 21 November 2008 | publisher = CBC Sports}}</ref> but on 21 April 2009, he announced a comeback to professional hockey and signed a contract with [[HC Pardubice]] of the [[Czech Extraliga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=275860 |title=44-year-old Hasek unretiring to play for Czech club |publisher=[[The Sports Network]] |access-date=23 September 2015 |date=21 April 2009 |agency=The Canadian Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423024741/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=275860 |archive-date=23 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 7 June 2010, he signed with [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] of the [[KHL]] and played the last season of his career with this team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/06/07/dominik-hasek-signs-one-year-deal-with-khls-spartak-moskow/ |title=Dominik Hasek Signs One-Year Deal With KHL's Spartak Moskow |publisher=[[Fanhouse]] |access-date=13 June 2010 |date=7 June 2010 |author=Hal Spivack |archive-date=9 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609082403/http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/06/07/dominik-hasek-signs-one-year-deal-with-khls-spartak-moskow/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hašek announced his second retirement on 9 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=643118 |title=Six-time Vezina winner Hasek retires – Detroit Red Wings  |publisher=National Hockey League |date=10 September 2012 |access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> Hašek was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] on 17 November 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://redwings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=723528 |title=Hasek, Modano in Hall's Class of 2014|publisher=National Hockey League |date=23 June 2014 |access-date=23 June 2014}}</ref> He is also a member of the [[Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame]] and the [[IIHF Hall of Fame]]. His number was retired by the Buffalo Sabres (2015) and [[HC Dynamo Pardubice|HC Pardubice]] (2013).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Škvor |first1=Jan |title=Pocta Haškovi! Pardubice v neděli vyvěsí jeho dres a číslo devět vyřadí z používání |url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/hokej-extraliga-pocta-haskovi-pardubice-v-nedeli-vyvesi-jeho-dres-a-cislo-devet-vyradi-z-pouzivani-528062 |website=sport.cz |access-date=12 November 2023 |language=cs-CZ |date=27 November 2013}}</ref> In 2017, he was named one of the '[[100 Greatest NHL Players]]' in history.

==Early life==
Hašek was born Dominik Kaštánek to Alois and Marie. When he was two his parents divorced, and Marie later married Jan Hašek, who adopted Hašek.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stars24.cz/celebrity/tajemstvi-z-detstvi-dominika-haska-byl-tak-trochu-jiny.m645fqpd|title=Tajemství z dětství Dominika Haška: Byl tak trochu jiný!|trans-title=Dominik Hašek's childhood secret: He was a little different!|last=Krejčí|first=Pavel|date=31 January 2025|publisher=Stars24.cz|accessdate=12 October 2025|language=Czech}}</ref> Hašek started playing hockey at the age of six in his native [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]]. As he explains:

{{Blockquote|They held a tryout for 5-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 and that's where I fell in love with the game of hockey.<ref name="flex">{{cite magazine
| last = Wigge
| first = Larry
| title = The Dominator
| magazine = The Sporting News
| date = November 6, 1995
| pages = 26–27}}</ref>|sign=|source=}}

In 1980, Hašek joined the top hockey league in the country, the [[Czechoslovak Extraliga]], with his hometown team, [[HC Pardubice]]. He became the youngest hockey player in history to play at the professional level at age 16. He helped to win two league titles in 1987 and 1989. The next year, he was conscripted in the Czechoslovak Army and played for an army team [[Dukla Jihlava]]. After making his mark and eventually playing for the Czechoslovak national team, Hašek entered the NHL draft and was drafted by the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in [[1983 NHL Entry Draft|1983]]. At the time, NHL teams were wary of drafting players from behind the [[Iron Curtain]] who were often barred from playing in NHL by their countries. Consequently, Hašek was picked in the 10th round (199th overall) and was the 17th goaltender selected. Hašek did not even know he had been drafted until several months later.<ref name="draft">{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18282|title=Dominik Hasek|publisher=legendsofhockey.net|access-date=5 August 2006}}</ref>

Hašek played on the Czechoslovakia team in the [[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Winter Olympics]], featuring in games against [[Finland men's national ice hockey team|Finland]] and [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] as the team finished sixth overall.<ref>{{cite news|date=29 February 1988|title=Na nejvyšším stupínku SSSR|page=8|url=https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1988/2/29/8.png|work=Rudé právo|location=Prague|language=cs|access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref>

Until 1990, Hašek played in his native Czechoslovakia for HC Pardubice and [[Dukla Jihlava]]. He won the [[Golden Hockey Stick (Czechoslovakia)|Golden Hockey Stick]], given to the most valuable player in the Extraliga, in 1987, 1989 and 1990. He was named the Extraliga's Goaltender of the Year for four consecutive years from 1986 through 1990.<ref name="TSNprofile">{{cite web|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=126&hubname=nhl-red_wings |title=TSN.ca player profile |publisher=[[The Sports Network]] |access-date=14 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513190046/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=126&hubname=nhl-red_wings |archive-date=13 May 2007 }}</ref> His American career began with the [[Indianapolis Ice]] of the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] (IHL), where he played parts of two seasons. His NHL debut with the Blackhawks finally came in the [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91 season]], seven years after the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.<ref name="hr">{{cite web|title=Dominik Hasek|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hasekdo01.html|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dominik Hasek 1991 Game Log|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hasekdo01/gamelog/1991/|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>

==NHL career==
===Chicago Blackhawks (1990–1992)===
In Chicago, Hašek spent time as the backup to [[Ed Belfour]], and played only 25 games over two seasons with the Blackhawks, splitting time between the Blackhawks and the Indianapolis Ice of the IHL. On 6 November 1990, wearing the number 34 (31 was worn by backup goaltender [[Jacques Cloutier]] that year), Hašek made his first NHL start in a 1–1 tie against the [[Hartford Whalers]].<ref name="detroit page">{{cite web
| title = Dominik Hasek player profile
| url = http://www.detroitredwings.com/wings/bio.jsp?id=4535
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070516073753/http://www.detroitredwings.com/wings/bio.jsp?id=4535
| archive-date = 16 May 2007
| publisher = detroitredwings.com
| access-date = 15 May 2007}}</ref>
His first victory came on 8 March 1991, by a score of 5–3 over the Buffalo Sabres, and on 9 January 1992, he recorded his first shutout in a 2–0 win against the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]].<ref name="detroit page"/> During this time with the Blackhawks, his goaltending coach was [[Vladislav Tretiak]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Feschuk|first=Dave|title=The puck stopped with Dominik Hasek: Feschuk|work=Toronto Star|date=16 November 2014|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2014/11/16/the_puck_stopped_with_dominik_hasek_feschuk.html|access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref> who was selected in the 1983 draft but was barred from playing in the NHL by the Soviet government.<ref>{{cite book|last=Denault|first=Todd|title=The Greatest Game: The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night that Saved Hockey|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|year=2011|page=289|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hefvDqLrEAC&pg=RA2-PA4|isbn=9780771026355}}</ref> Hašek appeared in game 4 of the [[1992 Stanley Cup Finals]] against the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], after Belfour allowed two goals on four shots in the opening 6:33, and had 21 saves.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks Box Score: June 1, 1992|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199206010CHI.html|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> Although the Penguins won and clinched the Stanley Cup, Hašek's performance attracted the attention of the Sabres, who had considered trading for him earlier that season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kelley|first=Jim|title=Stanley Cup Performance Rekindles Hasek Interest|work=The Buffalo News|date=7 June 1992|page=C2}}</ref>

===Buffalo Sabres (1992–2001)===
After the Stanley Cup Finals appearance, Chicago decided to stay with Belfour and [[Jimmy Waite]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Jacobs|first=Jeff|title=Awkward Or Not, Belfour Effective|work=Hartford Courant|date=24 January 1993|url=https://www.courant.com/1993/01/24/awkward-or-not-belfour-effective/|access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> and traded Hašek to the Buffalo Sabres on August 7, 1992, for goaltender [[Stéphane Beauregard]] and future considerations, which later materialized into a draft pick used to obtain [[Éric Dazé]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Blackhawks, Sabres swap goalies|work=United Press International|date=7 August 1992|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/07/Blackhawks-Sabres-swap-goalies/2188713160000/|access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fans Top Five: Trades|publisher=Buffalo Sabres|date=7 July 2009|url=http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=438566|access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref> In Buffalo, wearing number 39,<ref>{{cite web|title=Sabres honor Dominik Hasek|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=13 January 2015|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/12164178/buffalo-sabres-honor-former-star-goalie-dominik-hasek|access-date=8 August 2016}}</ref> he was initially the backup goaltender, playing behind [[Grant Fuhr]]. When Fuhr was injured partway through the [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94 season]], Hašek was elevated to starter and soon developed into a top-tier goaltender.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fischler|first1=Stan|last2=Fischler|first2=Shirley|title=Who's Who in Hockey|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|year=2003|pages=164–166|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpbLnSHBNHgC&pg=PT184|isbn=9780740719042}}</ref> In 1994, he won his first [[Vezina Trophy]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Vezina Trophy winners|publisher=ESPN|date=24 June 2015|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?page=nhlvezina|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref> was runner-up for the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] and shared the [[William M. Jennings Trophy]] with Fuhr.<ref>{{cite web|title=1993–94 NHL Awards Voting|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/awards/voting-1994.html#all-hart-stats|access-date=23 August 2016}}</ref> Hašek played 58 games with a league-best 1.95 [[goals against average]] (GAA), seven shutouts, and a .930 [[save percentage]]. He followed this feat by again winning the Vezina Trophy and again placing as a Hart finalist in [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]].<ref name="hr"/>

Hašek's success in the [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97 season]] was overshadowed by a conflict with then-head coach [[Ted Nolan]]. The conflict created a tense, clique-like atmosphere in the Sabres' clubhouse.<ref name="rattling">{{cite magazine
| last = Wigge
| first = Larry
| title = Sabres are rattling over Hasek's Nolan comments – Buffalo goalie Dominik Hasek, former coach Ted Nolan – NHL Report – Column
| url = https://business.highbeam.com/62653/article-1G1-19757655/sabres-rattling-over-hasek-nolan-comments
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161129082847/https://business.highbeam.com/62653/article-1G1-19757655/sabres-rattling-over-hasek-nolan-comments
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 29 November 2016
| magazine = The Sporting News
| date = 15 September 1997
| access-date = 4 April 2007}}</ref>
In Game 3 of the Sabres' best-of-seven first-round playoff series against the [[Ottawa Senators]], Hašek removed himself in the second period and was replaced by [[Steve Shields (ice hockey)|Steve Shields]].<ref name="KneeInjury">{{cite news
| url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores97/97111/97111374.htm
| title = Sabres vs. Senators – April 21, 1997
| work=USA Today
| date = 21 April 1997
| access-date = 21 May 2007}}</ref> Hašek suffered a mild sprain of his right [[Medial collateral ligament|MCL]], and the team doctor pronounced him day-to-day. However, the media and some teammates speculated Hašek was using his injury to bail out on the team.<ref name="rattling"/> One such individual was ''[[Buffalo News]]'' columnist [[Jim Kelley]], who wrote a column detailing Hašek's injury and his conflict with Nolan, and questioning the goaltender's mental toughness.<ref name="kelley">{{cite news
| last = Don
| first = Brennan
| title = Dominator feels the love
| url = http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Brennan/2006/02/05/1427127-sun.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630002846/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Columnists/Brennan/2006/02/05/1427127-sun.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 30 June 2012
| publisher = Slam! Sports
| year = 2006
| access-date = 4 April 2007}}</ref> When Kelley approached Hašek for an interview after a loss in Game 5, Hašek physically attacked the journalist<ref name="kelley"/> and received a three-game suspension and a $10,000 (US) fine as a result of the incident.<ref name="luck">{{cite news|last=Bowen|first=Les|title=Dom Luck: Hasek Suspended For First 3 Games Vs. Flyers|work=Philadelphia Daily News|date=2 May 1997|url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-05-02/sports/25564100_1_buffalo-sabres-goaltender-flyers-sabres-steve-shields|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102224508/http://articles.philly.com/1997-05-02/sports/25564100_1_buffalo-sabres-goaltender-flyers-sabres-steve-shields|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 January 2016|access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> With Shields in goal, the Sabres fought back against the Senators and took the series in seven games.<ref name="luck"/> However, Hašek did not play in the following series against the [[Philadelphia Flyers]], which Buffalo lost in five games.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Farber|first=Michael|title=Private Parts|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=7 June 1999|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1999/06/07/261743/private-parts-dominik-hasek-came-back-from-a-highly-scrutinized-groin-injury-to-lead-the-sabres-past-the-maple-leafs-and-into-the-stanley-cup-finals|access-date=19 October 2016}}</ref>

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 the team would benefit from replacing Nolan.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Smith
| first = Jim
| title = Buffalo in love with 'Dominator': Sabres fans hope to ride Hasek to Stanley Cup
| work = [[The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]
| date = 24 May 1998
| page = 10}}</ref>
Although Nolan won the [[Jack Adams Award]] as the league's top coach and was popular with Sabres fans, new general manager [[Darcy Regier]] only offered him a one-year contract extension. Nolan rejected the offer on the grounds that it was too short and parted ways with the franchise. This upset many fans, who blamed Nolan's departure on Hašek's alleged attempt to get rid of him.<ref>{{cite news
 |last  = Crouse
 |first = Karen
 |title = Solving Hasek not an easy task: Goalie keeps opponents, teammates off balance
 |work  = The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 |date  = 10 January 1998
|page  = 6
}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Gleason
| first = Bucky
| title = Hasek awakens from dream run: Olympic star settles back into life as an NHL goalie
| work = The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
| date = 8 March 1998
| page=1}}</ref>
As the season progressed, the booing of Hašek ceased, as he posted a league-record seven shutouts in December and continued to play at an elite level.<ref>{{cite news|last=Willes|first=Ed|title=Hockey: Hockey's Improvising Gold Glove; Hasek Has Redefined The Way to Play Goalie, But Don't Tell Him That|work=The New York Times|date=2 March 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/02/sports/hockey-hockey-s-improvising-gold-glove-hasek-has-redefined-way-play-goalie-but.html|access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref> He won the Vezina Trophy again, as well as the [[Ted Lindsay Award|Lester B. Pearson Award]] and the Hart Trophy as league MVP.<ref name="hr"/> He became one of the few goaltenders in NHL history to win the Hart, alongside [[Jacques Plante]], [[Carey Price]], [[Chuck Rayner]], [[Al Rollins]], [[José Théodore]] and [[Roy Worters]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NHL Hart Memorial Trophy Winners|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/awards/hart.html|access-date=19 November 2016}}</ref>

Hašek played a career-high 72 games in the [[1997–98 NHL season|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.<ref name="HockeydCentral">{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1983/83199.html|title=Dominik Hasek Bio at HockeyDraftCentral|publisher=hockeydraftcentral.com|access-date=24 April 2007|year=2007}}</ref> He again won the Lester B. Pearson Award, the Hart Trophy, and the Vezina Trophy, becoming the first goaltender 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''.<ref name="HockeydCentral"/> In the off-season he signed a three-year, $26&nbsp;million deal, securing the highest goaltender salary contract at that time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dominik 'The Dominator' Hasek|url=http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/hasek.html|website=The Goaltender}}</ref>

In [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]], Hašek averaged a career-best 1.87 GAA and .937 save percentage, capturing him his third consecutive Vezina, and fifth overall. He was also a finalist 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 (NHL)|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 Finals 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 [[overtime (ice hockey)|triple-overtime]] duel that only ended when [[Brett Hull]] scored a controversial Cup-winning goal with his skate in the [[Crease (hockey)|goal crease]].<ref name="HullGoal">{{cite news
   | url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores99/99170/99170437.htm
   | title = Stars vs. Sabres, June 19, 1999
   | work=USA Today
   | date = 19 June 1999
| access-date = 21 May 2007
}}</ref>

The goal was not reviewed immediately, so officials did not notice Hull's skate in the crease until minutes later. After video reviews showed Hull's position, the goal was still upheld, leaving the Sabres infuriated. Hašek commented, "Maybe [the video goal judge] was in the bathroom. Maybe he was sleeping. Maybe he doesn't know the rule."<ref name = "Hull goal">{{cite news
| title = 37: Brett Hull's controversial Stanley Cup goal
| url = https://www.tsn.ca/20/news_story/?ID=104962&hubname=
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125615/http://www.tsn.ca/20/news_story/?ID=104962&hubname=
| archive-date = 29 September 2007
| publisher = The Sports Network
| date = 17 November 2004
| access-date = 22 January 2007}}</ref> 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 because of a combination of injuries and a desire to become more involved in his family life.<ref name="wp retire">{{cite news
| last = La Canfora
| first = Jason
| title = The Dominator Down to One Season and Out
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/nhl/longterm/1999/preview/articles/hasek1.htm
| newspaper = The Washington Post
| date = 1 October 1999
| access-date = 6 November 2006}}
</ref> The announcement stunned many of his teammates, particularly [[Michael Peca]] and [[Jason Woolley]].<ref name="wp retire"/>

In the [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000 season]], Hašek was hampered by a nagging groin injury.<ref name="9900injury">{{cite news
  | url = http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/3806091/end-dominance
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150716034714/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/3806091/end-dominance
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = 16 July 2015
  | title = The End of the Dominance? – Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek
  | journal = Hockey Digest
  | date = January 2001
  | volume = 29
  | issue = 3
  | page = 24
  | last = O'Shei
  | first = Tim
}}</ref> He missed forty games and failed to win a major NHL award for the first time in several years. Though he healed in time for the playoffs, the Sabres were eliminated in the first round in five games by the Flyers. In [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]—his final season with Buffalo—Hašek set a modern era record by collecting his sixth Vezina Trophy. He also won his second William M. Jennings Trophy. The Sabres played Philadelphia in the first round of the playoffs again, where Hašek outplayed his 1998 Olympic back-up [[Roman Čechmánek]].<ref name="01playoffs">{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/recaps/2001/04/21/buf_phi/ |title=NHL Hockey Scoreboard: Recap. Buffalo 8, Philadelphia 0 |publisher=CNN SI |date=21 April 2001 |access-date=21 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616050115/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/recaps/2001/04/21/buf_phi/ |archive-date=16 June 2006 }}</ref> In the clinching sixth game, Hašek recorded a shutout against the Flyers.<ref name="01playoffs"/> In the second round, the Sabres played a seven-game series against [[Mario Lemieux]]'s Penguins, which culminated with the Penguins winning the final game in overtime.<ref>{{cite news|last=Molinari|first=Dave|title=Penguins best Sabres in OT win, advance to face Devils|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=11 May 2001|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/penguins/20010511penspens2.asp|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185542/http://old.post-gazette.com/penguins/20010511penspens2.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===First tenure with the Detroit Red Wings (2001–2002; 2003–2004)===
Before the start of [[2001–02 NHL season|the next season]], Hašek was traded to the Detroit Red Wings on June 30, 2001, in an attempt to lower the Sabres' payroll and to send Hašek to a more competitive team.<ref name = "return"/> He was dealt for [[Vyacheslav Kozlov]], a first-round selection in the [[2002 NHL Entry Draft]] and future considerations, which eventually became the draft pick of [[Jim Slater (ice hockey)|Jim Slater]]. During his [[2001–02 Detroit Red Wings season|first season with Detroit]], Hašek posted a career-high 41 wins with just 15 losses,<ref name="Stats">{{cite web
| url = http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/stats?playerId=348
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070812151054/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/stats?playerId=348
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 12 August 2007
| title = #39 Dominik Hasek – Career Stats
| publisher = ESPN
| access-date = 21 May 2007}}</ref> 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]]. During the Conference Finals against Colorado, he became the first goaltender 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 of the third game of that series.<ref name="OTassist">{{cite news
| url = http://content.usatoday.com/sports/scores102/102142/20020522NHL--COLORADO--0.htm
| title = Detroit vs. Colorado – May 22, 2002
| work = USA Today
| date = 22 May 2002
| access-date = 20 June 2013}}</ref> He also set a record for most shutouts in a post-season with six,<ref name="draft"/> broken the year after by [[Martin Brodeur]] with seven.<ref>{{cite web|title=NHL Playoff Shutouts|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|url=https://www.hhof.com/htmlFaceOff/r%26rPSO.shtml|access-date=4 March 2017|archive-date=5 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305114049/https://www.hhof.com/htmlFaceOff/r%26rPSO.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

That summer, Hašek officially announced his retirement on June 25, 2002, so that he could spend time with his family and other hobbies.<ref name="comeback">
{{cite news
| title = Hasek contemplates NHL comeback
| url = https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hasek-contemplates-nhl-comeback-1.358081
| publisher = [[CBC Sports]]
| access-date = 24 January 2007
| date=24 June 2003}}</ref>
However, after Detroit's first-round loss to the [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] in the [[2002–03 NHL season|following season]], he expressed his desire to play again. The Red Wings picked up the option on his contract on July 1, 2003, and this created a difficult situation for the Red Wings, who had two years left on [[Curtis Joseph]]'s three-year $24&nbsp;million contract, which had a no-trade clause. Detroit was also under pressure knowing that the rival Avalanche would be looking for a goaltender of at least equal talent to replace [[Patrick Roy]] after his retirement on May 28, 2003.<ref name="comeback"/> With [[Manny Legace]] also on the Wings' roster, Detroit now had three potential starting goaltenders.<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Kevin|title=Red Wings' Joseph up, down, up, down, up|work=USA Today|date=21 April 2004|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/cup/2004-04-21-cujo-allen_x.htm|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref>

In the [[2003–04 Detroit Red Wings season|2003–04 season]] Hašek injured his groin after playing just 14 games. On 9 January, he and the team agreed he should rest his injury for two to four weeks. Hašek privately told general manager [[Ken Holland]] that he would not accept any pay while he was injured. On 10 February, he announced that he was not going to continue to play that season, surprising the Red Wings management.<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Allen
| first = Kevin
| title = Hasek's decision to sit out season ruffles Red Wings
| url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/wings/2004-02-10-hasek-out_x.htm
| work=[[USA Today]]
| date = 10 February 2004
| access-date = 24 January 2007}}</ref> He eventually revealed that he refused about $3&nbsp;million of his $6&nbsp;million salary.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Householder
| first = Mike
| title = Hasek refuses about $3 million of salary while out with injury
| url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/wings/2004-03-12-hasek-salary_x.htm
| work=USA Today
| date = 12 March 2004
| access-date = 22 January 2007}}</ref> In April 2004, he underwent groin surgery in [[Prague]], and returned to his hometown of Pardubice to recuperate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hasek recovering from groin operation|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=20 April 2004|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/wings/2004-04-20-hasek-surgery_x.htm|access-date=10 March 2017}}</ref>

===Ottawa Senators (2005–2006)===
After his contract with the Red Wings expired,<ref>{{cite news|title=Senators scheduled to sign Dominik Hasek today|work=Orillia Packet and Times|date=6 July 2004|page=B2}}</ref> Hašek announced his intention to play for a Stanley Cup contender, and specifically named the Ottawa Senators as a possibility.<ref>{{cite news|title=Goaltender Dominik Hasek expects to join a new NHL club in a few weeks|work=Whitehorse Star|date=17 June 2004|page=18}}</ref> On 6 July 2004, after trading [[Patrick Lalime]] to the St. Louis Blues, the Senators signed Hašek to a one-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dominik Hasek joins Senators|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=6 July 2004|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/dominik-hasek-joins-senators-1.495892|access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref>

During the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]], Hašek toured with the Primus Worldstars. Similar to the [[Ninety Nine All Stars Tour|tour]] Wayne Gretzky and [[IMG (business)|IMG]] formed during the [[1994–95 NHL lockout]], the Primus Worldstars Tour ran 7–23 December, playing in seven different countries (Riga, Latvia; Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia; Bratislava, Slovakia; Bern, Switzerland; Karlstad, Jönköping and Linköping, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; Katowice, Poland) in ten scheduled games. The tour competed against all-star teams or club teams of each country.<ref name="Worldstars">{{cite web|url=http://www.imgworld.com/press_room/fullstory.sps?iType=13708&iNewsid=126891&iCategoryID=12543|title=IMG Announces Primus Worldstars Tour Brought to you by Reebok Hockey|access-date=18 March 2012|work=Press Release|publisher=IMGWorld.com|year=2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927074043/http://www.imgworld.com/press_room/fullstory.sps?iType=13708&iNewsid=126891&iCategoryID=12543|archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>

Hašek played increasingly well for the Senators up until the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]]. During the season, he reached [[List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins|300 career wins]], and his GAA and save percentage were the second-best in the league. Upon departure to Turin, Hašek's equipment was accidentally left behind in [[Ottawa]]. This caused Hašek to miss a number of practices with the [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czech national team]]. At the Winter Olympics, he injured his right [[adductor muscles of the hip|adductor muscle]] while making a save in the first qualifying match against [[Germany at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Ice hockey|Germany]], forcing him to leave the game after only 9 minutes and 25 seconds.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Hasek sidelined by groin injury
| url = https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=155130&hubname=
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070102185458/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=155130&hubname=
| archive-date = 2 January 2007
| publisher = The Sports Network
| date = 16 February 2006
| access-date = 24 January 2007}}</ref>
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 [[2006 Stanley Cup playoffs|the playoffs]]. He said that if he were to be re-signed, he would play for a base salary of $500,000 with bonuses.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Garrioch
| first = Bruce
| title = Hasek willing to play for a base salary of $500,000
| url = http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Draft/2006/06/24/1651041-sun.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120713213248/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Draft/2006/06/24/1651041-sun.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 13 July 2012
| newspaper = [[Ottawa Sun]]
| date = 24 June 2006
| access-date = 24 January 2007}}</ref>

After the Senators were eliminated in the second round, they opted not to re-sign Hašek.<ref>{{cite news|last=Garrioch|first=Bruce|title=Ottawa not Hasek's finest hour|work=Ottawa Sun|date=17 November 2014|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/11/17/ottawa-not-haseks-finest-hour|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref>

===Return to and second tenure with the Red Wings (2006–2008)===
[[File:Dominator39.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Hasek with the Red Wings in October 2006]]
On 31 July 2006, at the age of 41, Hašek joined the Red Wings for the second time. He signed a one-year $750,000 US
contract, with added bonuses if the team succeeded in the playoffs. He posted 38 wins and a 2.05 GAA while leading the Red Wings to
the number one seed in the [[Western Conference (NHL)|Western Conference]]. He also broke his own personal record by going 181 minutes and 17 seconds without allowing a goal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hasek sets career-best NHL shutout streak |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/sports/NA_SPT_HKY_NHL_Red_Wings_Hasek.php |date=15 November 2006 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=15 November 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111112722/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/sports/NA_SPT_HKY_NHL_Red_Wings_Hasek.php |archive-date=11 January 2012 }}
</ref>
Midway through the regular season, the team announced that to avoid injury and preserve Hašek for the playoffs, he would not play on consecutive nights.<ref>{{cite news
 |last=Sharp 
 |first=Drew 
 |title=THE REJUVENATOR: Hasek plays like his old self 
 |url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070422/COL08/704220597/1081 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926162841/http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070422%2FCOL08%2F704220597%2F1081 
 |archive-date=26 September 2007 |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] 
 |date=22 April 2007 |access-date=22 April 2007 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> He played his first consecutive nights of the season on 21 and 22 April against the [[Calgary Flames]] in games 5 and 6 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. Hašek won both games,<ref name="200607log">{{cite web|title=Dominik Hasek 2006–07 Game Log|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hasekdo01/gamelog/2007|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> clinching the series for Detroit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Franzen's double-OT goal earns Red Wings spot in next round|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=23 April 2007|url=http://scores.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=270422003|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331114102/http://scores.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=270422003|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the next round against the [[San Jose Sharks]], the Red Wings were on the road and down two games to one,<ref>{{cite web|title=Red Wings rally to force OT, win it on Schneider's goal|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=3 May 2007|url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=270502018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414081201/http://www.espn.com/nhl/recap?gameId=270502018|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2017|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> but Hašek held the Sharks to three goals in the next three games.<ref name="200607log"/> His 28-save shutout in game six was his 13th in postseason play and sent the Red Wings to the Western Conference finals against the [[Anaheim Ducks]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Red Wings Top Sharks to Advance in NHL|newspaper=The Washington Post|agency=Associated Press|date=8 May 2007|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/08/AR2007050800439_pf.html|access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref> However, Hašek and the Red Wings lost in six games to the Ducks, who eventually defeated the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup.<ref name="200607log"/><ref>{{cite web|title=2007 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Summary|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/NHL_2007.html|access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref>

Hašek contemplated retirement in the 2007 offseason, but on 5 July 2007, he signed a one-year contract with Detroit worth $2&nbsp;million with up to $2&nbsp;million in bonuses,<ref>{{cite news
| title = Hasek agrees to one-year deal with Wings
| url = http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=212899&hubname=nhl
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070708103849/http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=212899&hubname=nhl
| archive-date = 8 July 2007
| agency=The Canadian Press
| date = 5 July 2007
| access-date = 6 July 2007}}</ref>
reportedly turning down $5&nbsp;million for salary cap room for the rest of the Red Wings' roster.<ref name="Hasek 5 Million">{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeyjournal.com/Article.php?ArtID=196198|title=The Fischler Report: Grab a Mic|access-date=13 July 2007|publisher=HockeyJournal.com|year=2007|author=Fischler, Stan| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928090204/http://www.hockeyjournal.com/Article.php?ArtID=196198| archive-date = 28 September 2007}}</ref>

During the [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08 season]], Hašek was replaced by backup [[Chris Osgood]], who had originally been waived by the Red Wings to make way for Hašek as the teams starting goaltender before the 2001–02 season. When Hašek recovered and got back into his stride, Detroit chose to alternate goaltenders in tandem instead of designating either as the backup. Detroit head coach [[Mike Babcock]] announced that Hašek was to start in the [[2008 Stanley Cup playoffs|2008 playoffs]]. Through the first two games against the [[Nashville Predators]], the Red Wings were victorious, but after a lackluster performance in the next two, Osgood was in goal for the remainder of the playoffs.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/wings/2008-06-04-osgood_N.htm "Red Wings' Osgood perseverance pays off with another Cup"] A.J. Perez, ''[[USA Today]]''.</ref> Despite expressing disappointment at losing his starting position, Hašek maintained his professionalism in practice and continued to support his teammates, with [[Darren McCarty]] citing a close relationship between Hašek and Osgood.<ref name="CP HHOF">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/16365-Future-Hall-of-Famer-Dominik-Hasek-handles-not-playing-like-a-pro.html|title=Future Hall of Famer Dominik Hasek handles not playing like a pro|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=31 May 2008|access-date=13 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318162527/http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/16365-Future-Hall-of-Famer-Dominik-Hasek-handles-not-playing-like-a-pro.html|archive-date=18 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Eventually the Red Wings beat the Penguins in six games for the Stanley Cup.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dellapina|first=John|title=Red Wings beat Penguins in Game 6, win fourth Stanley Cup since 1997|work=Daily News|location=New York|date=4 June 2008|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/red-wings-beat-penguins-game-6-win-fourth-stanley-cup-1997-article-1.295080|access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref>

On 9 June 2008, Hašek announced his retirement from the NHL, only five days after winning his second Stanley Cup with the Red Wings, saying he lacked the motivation for another year in the NHL. With Osgood, the two were awarded the William M. Jennings Trophy for fewest goals against on a team in the season.<ref name="CP HHOF" />

==Final years in Europe and retirement==
In April 2009, Hašek once again came out of retirement and signed a one-year contract with [[HC Moeller Pardubice]], the club where he started his long career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=4085480|title=Hasek returning to former club team|access-date=8 January 2012|date=21 April 2009|publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> In the 2009–10 season he led his team to win the Czech league title. Hašek had three shutouts in the playoffs, one in the finals, while his Pardubice lost just one game in the playoffs before claiming 12 consecutive wins.<ref>{{cite news | title =Hasek becomes Czech champion at 45 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-04-22-50389377_x.htm | work=USA Today | date = 23 April 2010 | access-date = 23 April 2010 | first=Karel | last=Janicek}}</ref> For the 2010–11 hockey season, Hašek signed a one-year contract with [[HC Spartak Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wkbw.com/sports/national/43384882.html|title=Dominik Hasek comes out of retirement|access-date=30 September 2014|date=8 July 2010|publisher=[[WKBW-TV|WKBW]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310095457/http://www.wkbw.com/sports/national/43384882.html|archive-date=10 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 15 May 2012, Czech website hokej.cz reported that Hašek had discussed playing for [[Piráti Chomutov]] after their promotion to the [[Czech Extraliga]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Legendary hockey and Hasek Chomutov? It is possible | url = http://hokej.idnes.cz/legendarni-hasek-a-hokejovy-chomutov-dst-/hokej.aspx?c=A120515_113410_hokej_mah | work = Mladá fronta DNES | date = 15 May 2012 | access-date = 17 May 2012 | language = cs | first=Petr | last=Bilek}}</ref> On 25 May 2012, Czech sport website Deniksport reported that Hašek was considering a return to the NHL, possibly with the Red Wings or Tampa Bay Lightning.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hasek eyes NHL return|work=Kingston Whig-Standard|agency=QMI Agency|date=28 May 2012|url=http://www.thewhig.com/2012/05/28/hasek-eyes-nhl-return|access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref> However, the start of the [[2012–13 NHL season]] was delayed due to the [[2012–13 NHL lockout]] and Hašek announced his retirement on 9 October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Simmons|first=Steve|title=Dominik Hasek, 'the best ever', retires from hockey|newspaper=Toronto Sun|date=9 October 2012|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/09/dominik-hasek-the-best-ever|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>

The Sabres [[Buffalo Sabres#Retired numbers|retired]] Hašek's #39 jersey prior to a 13 January 2015 game against the Red Wings, making Hašek's number the seventh to be retired in Sabres history.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=735396 | title = Hasek Jersey Retirement Ceremony on January 13 | publisher = [[Buffalo Sabres]] | date = 20 October 2014 | access-date = 20 October 2014 }}</ref> In a ceremony held on 27 January 2017, during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Hašek was named one of the '[[100 Greatest NHL Players]]' in history.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest NHL Players|url=https://www.nhl.com/fans/nhl-centennial/100-greatest-nhl-players|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=27 January 2017|date=27 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Beacham|first=Greg|title=NHL reveals top 100|work=Toronto Star|agency=Associated Press|date=27 January 2017|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2017/01/27/nhl-reveals-top-100.html|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref>

==International play==
[[Image:Nagano 1998-Russia vs Czech Republic.jpg|thumb|left|Hašek in goal for the Czech Republic during the gold medal game of the [[1998 Winter Olympics]]]]

Hašek's most memorable international performance came in the [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Winter Olympics]], where he led the Czech national team to the gold medal. He allowed six goals in total, with only two of them coming in the medal round. Against [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]] in the semifinals, Hašek stopped [[Theoren Fleury]], [[Ray Bourque]], [[Joe Nieuwendyk]], [[Eric Lindros]] and [[Brendan Shanahan]] in a dramatic shootout win. He then shut out the [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russian team]] 1–0 in the final game, stopping 20 shots. He was later announced as the best goaltender in the Olympics. After he won the gold, he was quoted as saying:<ref name="OlympicQuote">
{{cite news
| last = Alexander
| first = Rachel
| title = For Cap's Gonchar, a Silver Lining
| newspaper = The Washington Post
| date = 22 February 1998
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/sport/hockey/articles/gonchar23.htm
| access-date = 5 August 2006}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|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, so much so that residents chanted "Hašek to the castle!" in the streets, referring to the [[Prague Castle]], the seat of the [[President of the Czech Republic]]. In response to this, Hašek called the president [[Václav Havel]] and jokingly told him that his job was not in jeopardy.<ref>
{{cite news
 |title=Q&A: Czech hockey goalie Dominik Hasek 
 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] 
 |date=3 February 2006 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/stories/indepth.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/01/Sports/hasek-qa060201.html 
 |access-date=7 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514122115/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/stories/indepth.shtml?%2Fstory%2Folympics%2Fnational%2F2006%2F02%2F01%2FSports%2Fhasek-qa060201.html 
 |archive-date=14 May 2006 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref>
He also helped to inspire an opera (titled ''Nagano'') about the Czech team's gold medal victory,<ref>
{{cite web
| last = Asiedu
| first = Dita
| title = "Nagano" Opera premieres at Prague's Estates Theatre
| url = http://www.radio.cz/en/article/52625
| publisher = Radio Prague
| date = 4 September 2004
| access-date = 14 August 2006}}</ref>
and in 2003, [[Petr Pravec]] and [[Lenka Šarounová]] named an [[asteroid]] ([[8217 Dominikhašek]]) in his honour.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser
| url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=8217
| date = 23 September 2003
| access-date = 2 September 2006}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Bruce
| first = Garrioch
| title = 'Disappointed' Hasek returns
| url = http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/Columnists/Garrioch/2006/02/18/1449990.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20120716165704/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/Columnists/Garrioch/2006/02/18/1449990.html
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 16 July 2012
| publisher = SLAM! Sports
| date = 18 February 2006
| access-date = 21 May 2007}}</ref>
Despite his absence, the Czechs managed to earn the bronze medal with backup goaltender [[Tomáš Vokoun]],<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Olympics: Czech Republic Takes Bronze|publisher=National Hockey League|date=24 February 2006|url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/2006-olympics-czech-republic-takes-bronze/c-426452|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref> which Hašek received as well.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zaccardi|first=Nick|title=Dominik Hasek's favorite Buffalo memory—Olympic homecoming|publisher=NBC Sports|date=13 January 2015|url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/01/13/dominik-hasek-buffalo-sabres-olympics-nagano-1998-hockey-czech-republic/|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>

==Style of play==
[[Image:Dominik Hasek stretching.jpg|thumb|right|Hašek displaying his flexibility in warm-ups before a 2006 game. Hašek's flexibility is credited as one of his strengths.]]

Hašek had an unorthodox [[Stand-up style|goaltending style]].<ref name="MainBio"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title=In The Crease |last=Maguire |first=Pierre |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |volume=88 |issue=21 |page=92 |year=1998 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/1998/weekly/980525/nhl0525/d.html |access-date=5 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010214622/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/1998/weekly/980525/nhl0525/d.html |archive-date=10 October 2008 }}
</ref>
He was extraordinarily flexible and was jokingly described in a [[MasterCard]] commercial as having "a [[Slinky]] for a spine".<ref name="mastercard">{{cite news
| last = Hartley
| first = Tom
| title = MasterCard banks on Hasek
| url = http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/1999/03/08/story2.html
| date = 5 March 1999
| publisher = Buffalo Business First
| access-date = 1 March 2007}}</ref>
In order to cover the bottom of the net, where most goals are scored, Hašek dropped down on almost every [[shot (ice hockey)|shot]]. His "flopping" style saw him flailing in the crease, using every part of his body, including his head, to stop the puck. Hašek occasionally dropped his stick and covered the puck with his stick hand, whereas most goaltenders would use the glove hand instead.<ref name="MainBio"/>
In response to the speculation he received from his style, Hašek explained:

{{Blockquote|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?<ref name="flex"/>}}

Hašek's unique style attracted fans to games.<ref name="entertainment">{{cite news
| last = O'Donnell
| first = Chuck
| title = That's entertainment: from Hull to Hasek, these are the 10 most exciting players in the history of the NHL – Bobby Hull; Dominik Hasek
| publisher = Hockey Digest
| date = 1 December 2003}}</ref>
Because of his flexibility, Hašek could make difficult saves that other goaltenders could not<ref name="flex"/>—an opposing coach once referred to them as "miracle saves".<ref name="entertainment"/> These types of saves include toe-stops and a maneuver known as the "Hašek roll".<ref name="flex"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Teaford|first=Elliott|title=Hebert, Hasek Duel to Standoff|work=Los Angeles Times|date=7 December 1996|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-07-sp-6588-story.html|access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="HasekRoll">{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/unmasked-more-than-luck-in-haseks-barrel-roll/c-738929 |title=Unmasked: More than luck in Hasek's barrel roll |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=15 January 2017 |date=13 November 2014}}</ref> Hašek was also known for his strict regimen of [[Physical exercise|conditioning]].<ref>{{cite news
| last = Loria
| first = Keith
| title = The plot thickens: these 10 story lines are sure to keep NHL fans on the edge of their seats this season
| publisher = Hockey Digest
| date = 1 December 2003}}</ref> During the off-season between May and September 2006, he lost a considerable amount of weight to increase his flexibility. Hašek was one of the last goaltenders to wear a helmet-and-cage combo rather than a contemporary hybrid [[goaltender mask]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/09/sports/stanley-cup-playoffs-sabres-stun-the-stars-on-a-goal-by-wooley.html|title=Stanley Cup Playoffs; Sabres Stun the Stars On a Goal by Wooley|access-date=8 January 2012|date=9 June 1999|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Lapointe, Joe}}</ref> The last few included his former teammate Chris Osgood, who left the NHL three years after Hašek;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/773334-saying-goodbye-to-the-wizard-of-oz-chris-osgood-calls-it-a-career|title=Chris Osgood Retires: Saying Goodbye to the "Wizard of Oz"|access-date=8 January 2012|date=20 July 2011|work=[[Bleacher Report]]|author=Slivka, Steven}}</ref>  [[Rick DiPietro]] borrowed one of Osgood's helmets for a short time while he recovered from a facial injury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ingoalmag.com/news/islanders-dipietro-dons-osgoods-old-mask-to-protect-shattered-face/|title=Islanders Dipietro dons Osgood's old mask to protect shattered face &#124; InGoal Magazine|access-date=1 September 2020|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922073421/https://ingoalmag.com/news/islanders-dipietro-dons-osgoods-old-mask-to-protect-shattered-face|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hašek and his former wife Alena have a son named Michael (born 1990) and a daughter named [[Dominika Hašková|Dominika]] (born 1995). Dominika is the lead singer of the electro-pop band [[We Are Domi]], which represented the Czech Republic in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2022]], finishing in 22nd place. In November 2012 Hašek announced his divorce after 23 years of marriage.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Herrmannová
| first = Nela
| title = Dominik Hašek se rozvádí, s manželkou už nežije půl roku
| url = http://revue.idnes.cz/dominik-hasek-a-jeho-manzelka-alena-oznamili-rozvod-fxo-/sex.aspx?c=A121116_100018_sex_nh
| publisher = idnes.cz (in Czech)
| date = 16 November 2012
| access-date = 20 September 2015}}</ref>
He divides much of his free time playing [[squash (sport)|squash]] and [[inline hockey]], where he plays defense. When he was younger, Hašek played competitive football as a midfielder, and was a junior tennis champion in Eastern [[Bohemia]].<ref>{{cite news
| last = Wigge
| first = Larry
| title = For Hasek hunger burns for another Cup
| url = https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/for-hasek-hunger-burns-for-another-cup/c-467068
| publisher = National Hockey League
| date = 11 April 2007
| access-date = 21 April 2007}}</ref>
His brother [[Martin Hašek (footballer, born 1969)|Martin]] is also a competitive athlete and played for the Czech Republic football team [[AC Sparta Prague]] before retiring and eventually deciding to coach. 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|Don "The Rock" Muraco]].<ref>{{cite news
| last = Kulfan
| first = Ted
| title = Hasek has WrestleMania fever, and that's no foolin': Goalie is taking his son and son's friends to WWE's annual event April 1 at Ford Field
| work = The Detroit News
| date = 14 March 2007
| page = D3}}</ref>

Because of his formal education, Hašek stands out among Czech sportsmen. He earned a [[Academic degree|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.<ref name="education">{{cite news
| last = Horakova
| first = Pavla
| title = Dominik 'The Dominator' Hasek
| url = http://www.radio.cz/en/article/30316
| publisher = Radio Prague
| date = 17 July 2002
| access-date = 3 April 2007}}</ref> Hašek also had a brand of sportswear named ''Dominator Clothing'', which was launched shortly after the Nagano Olympics in 1998. It also had two locations in [[Michigan]] for a short time.<ref>
 {{cite web
  | title = Hasek opens first North American Dominator Clothing stores in Michigan!
  | publisher = Dominator Clothing
  | year = 2004
  | url = http://www.dominatorclothing.com/domclothing/assets/images/mag/aug_04/dom_news_08_04.htm
  | access-date = 10 May 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041214041232/http://www.dominatorclothing.com/domclothing/assets/images/mag/aug_04/dom_news_08_04.htm
  | archive-date = 14 December 2004
| url-status=usurped}}</ref> However, sales were low, and the Dominator brand was forced out of business in 2008.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Hasek's cuts 'Dominator' clothing line in Czech Republic
| url = http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2008/08/haseks_cuts_dominator_clothing.html
| work = The Prague Post
| date = 7 August 2008
| access-date = 20 September 2015
}}</ref>
In May 2001, Hašek founded the ''Dominik Hašek Youth Hockey League''/''Hašek's Heroes'', and donated over $1&nbsp;million to help underprivileged children in Buffalo play hockey.<ref>
{{cite news
|author = James Fink
|title = Hasek group makes save for rink
|url = http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2005/08/08/story5.html
|publisher = Buffalo Business First
|date = 5 August 2005
|access-date = 5 August 2006
}}</ref>
He organized a charity hockey game in Prague in 1998, and donated the profits to hospitals in the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Norris |first=Doug |title=hockeygoalies.org news archive |url=http://www.hockeygoalies.org/news/oldnews.html#July_30,_1998 |publisher=hockeygoalies.org |date=30 July 1998 |access-date=18 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501123437/http://www.hockeygoalies.org/news/oldnews.html |archive-date=1 May 2007 }}</ref>

Hašek was known to appreciate humor to keep team spirits up, and often jokes about his resemblance to [[Cosmo Kramer]] of ''[[Seinfeld]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hasek, Sabres hope laughter is best medicine for bitter defeats |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/events/1998/playoffs/news/1998/05/31/hasek_31 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=31 May 1998 |access-date=21 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060522213534/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/events/1998/playoffs/news/1998/05/31/hasek_31/ |archive-date=22 May 2006 }}</ref> In the late 1990s, he was featured in a [[MasterCard]] commercial that praised his flexibility.<ref name="mastercard"/> On 26 November 2006, [[Mark Parisi]]'s [[comic panel]] ''[[Off the Mark (comic strip)|off the mark]]'' featured a comic about Hašek's childhood.<ref>{{cite comic | cartoonist=[[Mark Parisi|Parisi, Mark]] | strip=[[Off the Mark (comic strip)|Off the Mark]] | date=26 November 2006 | syndicate=[[United Feature Syndicate]]}}</ref>

Throughout his long career, Hašek was represented by agent [[Ritch Winter]].<ref name="HockeydCentral"/>

===Politics===
Hašek developed an interest in politics following his retirement from hockey, including possibly running for [[president of the Czech Republic]] in 2023 and 2028.<ref>{{cite news|last=Willoughby|first=Ian|url=https://english.radio.cz/drahos-and-ex-hockey-star-hasek-show-early-interest-running-presidency-8124741|title=Drahoš and ex-hockey star Hašek show early interest in running for presidency|publisher=[[Radio Prague]]|date=29 July 2019|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/arena/monitor/V-roce-2028-to-zkusim-Dominator-Hasek-chce-byt-vasim-prezidentem-616718|title=V roce 2028 to zkusím! "Dominátor" Hašek chce být vaším prezidentem|work=Parlamentní listy|date=12 March 2020|access-date=20 June 2023|language=cs-CZ}}</ref> He closely followed Czech politics throughout the 2010s before publicly speaking at the [[Je to na nás!]] rally in 2019 against Prime Minister [[Andrej Babiš]]. When Babiš visited [[Ivan Hlinka Stadion]] in [[Litvínov]] to discuss renovations to the arena, Hašek wrote on his Twitter account that he did "not want the Czech national sport to be stained by your name."<ref>{{cite news|last=Vrablik|first=Lukas|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1697135/2020/03/26/hasek-to-the-castle-dominik-haseks-foray-into-politics-and-where-it-may-lead/|title='Hasek to the Castle!': Dominik Hasek's foray into politics and where it may lead|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=26 March 2020|access-date=26 November 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Šeliga|first=Vojtěch|url=https://www.echo24.cz/a/Sbdnj/babis-jezdi-po-stadionech-a-slibuje-k-hokeji-se-nepriblizuj-stbaku-vraci-mu-hasek|title=Babiš jezdí po stadionech a slibuje. "K hokeji se nepřibližuj, StBáku," vrací mu Hašek|publisher=Echo24|date=9 February 2020|access-date=26 November 2024|language=cs-CZ}}</ref> He supported [[Petr Pavel]] in the [[2023 Czech presidential election]]; in 2024, Hašek opined that Pavel is "doing an excellent job" and praised him for his [[pro-Western]] views and domestic policy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bartoníček|first=Radek|url=https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/domaci/jak-se-potkal-prezident-s-dominikem-haskem/r~1ab761c4e1db11eebeca0cc47ab5f122/|title="Co vy tady děláte?" Dominik Hašek po rozhovoru překvapil prezidenta Pavla|publisher=Aktuálně.cz|date=14 March 2024|access-date=26 November 2024|language=cs-CZ}}</ref>

He was [[TOP 09]]'s nominee for the [[2024 Czech Senate election]], running for the 41st district in [[Benešov]]. He received 20.28 percent of the vote in the first round, the third most of the six candidates but missing the second round by less than six percent.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kellner|first=Zdeněk|url=https://benesovsky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/do-finale-hry-o-senat-postoupili-zdenek-hraba-a-helena-valkova-20240921.html|title=Do finále hry o Senát postoupili Hraba a Válková. Dominik Hašek pod čarou|website=Benešovský deník|date=21 November 2024|access-date=26 November 2024|language=cs-CZ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.volbyhned.cz/se2024/se_41_en.html|title=Election into the Senate of the Czech Republic held on 20 – 21 September 2024|website=Volbyhned.cz|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref>

Hašek is a critic of American President [[Donald Trump]], whom he has called "unpredictable" and linked to "dictatorship, evil, and endless lies."<ref>{{cite news|last=Sobotka|first=Michal|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/podcasty-priklep-priklep-trump-je-nepredvidatelny-musime-byt-pripraveni-na-ledasco-rika-hasek-5039664|title=PŘÍKLEP: Trump je nepředvídatelný. Musíme být připravení na ledasco, říká Hašek|publisher=Sport.cz|date=6 November 2024|access-date=26 November 2024|language=cs-CZ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gaydos|first=Ryan|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nhl-legend-takes-swipe-trump-he-thanks-eminem-supporting-harris|title=NHL legend takes swipe at Trump as he thanks Eminem for supporting Harris|publisher=[[Fox News]]|date=24 October 2024|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> In 2020, after Trump suggested a [[Buffalo police shoving incident|Buffalo man injured by police]] could be an "[[Antifa (United States)|ANTIFA]] provocateur" for the [[George Floyd protests]], Hašek called his words "disgusting" and accused [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] save for Senator [[Mitt Romney]] of "hiding like rats."<ref>{{cite news|last=Harrington|first=Mike|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/dominik-hasek-lashes-out-at-trumps-tweet-on-buffalo-protester-martin-gugino/article_f62acfc2-a6e9-57d5-abc5-458239c25518.html|title=Dominik Hasek lashes out at Trump's tweet on Buffalo protester Martin Gugino|newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]|date=20 June 2020|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> He endorsed [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election]] against Trump.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wbuf.com/domink-hasek-kamala-harris/|title=Buffalo Sabres Legend Comes Out In Support Of Kamala Harris|work=[[WBUF]]|date=5 November 2024|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> After Trump took office, Hašek criticized [[Russia–United States relations#Second Trump administration (2025–present)|his administration's friendlier stance towards Russia]] amidst the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.nv.ua/nation/hasek-slams-rubio-for-praising-putin-s-people-50521927.html|title=Hockey legend slams Rubio for greeting Russians on Russia Day|newspaper=[[The New Voice of Ukraine]]|date=13 June 2025|access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref>

In August 2025, he spoke at a rally organized by [[Milion chvilek pro demokracii]] to protest [[political polarization]] and warn of foreign interference with the [[2025 Czech parliamentary election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://milionchvilek.cz/clanek/stovky-lidi-se-postavily-proti-nasili-a-nenavisti-ve-verejnem-prostoru|title=Stovky lidí se postavily proti násilí a nenávisti ve veřejném prostoru|website=[[Milion chvilek pro demokracii]]|date=5 August 2025|access-date=14 August 2025|language=cs-CZ}}</ref> Hašek pointed to rhetoric made domestically from those like far-right Czech politician [[Filip Turek (racing driver)|Filip Turek]] and abroad such as Trump for inflaming political tensions within the country, urging to "not let hatred and violence dictate our politics."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/hundreds-protest-in-prague-for-return-to-decency-in-world-politics|title=Hundreds protest in Prague for return to 'decency' in world politics|website=Expats.cz|date=5 August 2025|access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref>

====Russian invasion of Ukraine====
Following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in 2022, Hašek advocated for the NHL and Olympics to ban Russians from playing except for those who speak out against it.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ostly|first=Ayrton|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2024/08/02/paris-olympics-dominik-hasek-ban-russian-players-hockey-war-ukraine/74653209007/|title=Hockey Hall of Famer Hašek says NHL owners should ban Russian athletes|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=2 August 2024|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> When the Sabres visited Prague to play in the [[NHL Global Series|2024 NHL Global Series]], Hašek did not attend the games to protest the league's inaction. He told ''[[The Athletic]]'' afterward that he wrote messages to discuss the matter but received "only a brief response" whereas the league "made no effort to have a dialogue with him." As a result, he decreased his involvement with the NHL since he refused to "be part of an event that is an advertisement for the Russian war."<ref>{{cite news|last=Fairburn|first=Matthew|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5821944/2024/10/10/dominik-hasek-nhl-russia-ukraine/|title=Dominik Hašek vs. the NHL: Why a legendary goalie shunned the Global Series spotlight|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=10 October 2024|access-date=26 November 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His sentiment extended to other sports as well, such as criticizing the [[Stade Roland Garros]] for allowing Russian tennis players.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shostal|first=Oleksandr|url=https://112.ua/en/gasek-rozkritikuvav-wta-atp-ta-franciu-cerez-ucast-rosian-u-rolan-garros-66019|title=Hasek criticized WTA, ATP and France for the participation of Russians in the Roland Garros.|publisher=112.ua|date=12 June 2025|access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref>

Hašek has visited Ukrainian cities following their liberation from Russian occupation like [[Irpin]] and [[Bucha, Ukraine|Bucha]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Janicek|first=Karel|url=https://apnews.com/article/hasek-paris-olympics-russian-athletes-war-ukraine-2a7ba93cd185043abe9019f333e658d0|title=NHL great Hašek demands Russians openly condemn war against Ukraine or be banned from Paris Olympics|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=7 July 2023|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> He is an "honorary Fella" of [[NAFO (group)|NAFO]], a pro-Ukrainian social media movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nafobase.cz/en/history-and-achievements-of-nafo/|title=History and achievements of NAFO|website=CZ/SK NAFO|access-date=26 November 2024|quote=Among the notable personalities who have been included among the honorary Fellas and who support and recognize the work of NAFO are, for example [...] Among the Czech personalities stand out [[Dana Drábová]] and Dominik Hašek.}}</ref>

His vocal stances on the war have caused tension with other hockey players and former teammates. He urged fellow Czech [[Libor Šulák]] against playing in the KHL and criticized their country's lawmakers for not passing legislation that would prohibit Czech citizens from working in Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.idnes.cz/hokej/reprezentace/dominik-hasek-libor-sulak-rusko-khl-ukrajina-reakce-kalousek.A230808_091233_reprezentace_huda|title=Hašek oponuje Šulákovi: Ohrožujete mou rodinu. Reagoval také Kalousek|website=iDNES.cz|date=8 August 2023|access-date=26 November 2024|language=cs-CZ}}</ref> Ex-Red Wings teammate and Russian politician [[Viacheslav Fetisov]] demanded Hašek return the money he received while playing for Spartak Moscow, to which Hašek responded that Fetisov "gave the green light" to [[War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian war crimes in Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://athletistic.com/hockey/314028.html|title=Fetisov responded to Hasek's criticism of Russian athletes|website=Athletistic|date=4 July 2023|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chekanov|first=Oleksandr|url=https://eng.obozrevatel.com/section-sport/news-for-the-deaths-of-ukrainians-legendary-hockey-player-put-the-olympic-champion-from-russia-in-his-place-25-07-2023.html|title="For the deaths of Ukrainians": legendary hockey player put the Olympic champion from Russia in his place|publisher=[[Obozrevatel]]|date=25 July 2023|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> In 2024, he questioned the induction of Russian and former Red Wings teammate [[Pavel Datsyuk]] into the Hockey Hall of Fame, feeling the timing is inappropriate due to the war unless Datsyuk condemned it.<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Kevin|url=https://detroithockeynow.com/2024/07/13/domini-hasek-pavel-hasek-former-detroit-red-wings-hockey-hall-fame/|title=The Daily: Hasek Consistent in His Views: Sabres Grades|publisher=Detroit Hockey Now|date=13 July 2024|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref>

When [[Washington Capitals]] captain and Russian player [[Alexander Ovechkin]], a supporter of President [[Vladimir Putin]], set the record for the most career goals in NHL history in 2025, Hašek branded him a "huge advertisement for the aggressive Russian war and other Russian crimes."<ref>{{cite news|last=Penfold|first=Chuck|url=https://www.dw.com/en/ovechkin-breaks-nhl-goal-record-but-putin-link-casts-shadow/a-72046269|title=Ovechkin breaks NHL goal record but Putin link casts shadow|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]|date=28 March 2025|access-date=19 April 2025}}</ref> Hašek tweeted beforehand Ovechkin would soon face the guilt of continuing his NHL career amidst his countrymen's deaths and that the league was culpable for the [[Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War|war's casualties]] by letting him play:<ref name="Hasek says he received death threats">{{cite news|last=Coote|first=Darryl|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/04/23/Hasek-life-threatened-Medvedev/7441745459617/|title=NHL legend Dominik Hasek says he received death threats from ex-Russian president|publisher=[[United Press International]]|date=23 April 2025|access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref>

{{quote|In the coming days, a Russian citizen, who has never condemned the Russian imperialist war in Ukraine, will break the @NHL goal scoring record. Because this person has never officially condemned the Russian war and Russian crimes, he will have to live with the knowledge for the rest of his life that because of his public appearance (his game last 3 years and 40 days -since the beginning of the Russian aggressive war) a huge number of people, including his fellow Russian citizens, were killed and maimed in the war. Whether he is happy about it, indifferent to it, or sorry, we do not know. However, what we do know for sure is that the NHL not only enabled him to do this, but even supported him in doing so for 3 years and 40 days! Therefore, the @NHL bears enormous responsibility for the hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of people killed and maimed in the Russian war in Ukraine. The NHL must pay for this. I would also like to point out that the countries in which this Russian citizen was allowed to play NHL games also bear responsibility for the people killed and maimed. That is, the USA and Canada. These are the facts. Please share so that people understand what responsibility the NHL, the country USA and Canada bear and so that this advertisement for the Russian imperialist war is stopped. Together we can save many human lives.}}

Former Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] accused him of [[Russophobia]] and expected "the crazy Czech Hasek" to commit suicide after Ovechkin got the record.<ref name="Hasek says he received death threats" /> Interpreting his words as death threats, Hašek reported Medvedev to the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] and [[International Olympic Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2025/04/23/dominik-hasek-czech-russian-threats-dmitry-medvedev/83238388007/|title=Dominik Hasek receives threats from former Russian president, Czech officials say|agency=[[Reuters]]|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=23 April 2025|access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref> Czech Prime Minister [[Petr Fiala]] and Foreign Minister [[Jan Lipavský]] condemned Medvedev's comments while Interior Minister [[Vít Rakušan]] offered protection for Hašek if needed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/44815228/czech-leaders-condemn-russian-threats-dominik-hasek|title=Czech leaders condemn Russian threats against Dominik Hasek|agency=[[Associated Press]]|website=[[ESPN.com]]|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=23 April 2025|access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref><ref name="Hasek says he received death threats" />

After Trump and Putin discussed organizing a game between retired NHL and KHL players, Hašek rejected the possibility of taking part when asked by Russian news agency [[RIA Novosti]] in August 2025.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sportovy.cas.sk/hokej/khl/hasek-nekompromisne-zrusil-rusku-novinarku-zucastnim-sa-zapasu-s-hracmi-z-khl-ked-putin|title=Hašek nekompromisne zrušil ruskú novinárku: Zúčastním sa zápasu s hráčmi z KHL, keď Putin...|website=Športový Čas|date=13 August 2025|access-date=14 August 2025|lang=sk}}</ref> He stipulated he would only do so if Putin was convicted on war crimes akin to the [[Nuremberg trials]], Ukraine's territorial integrity was restored, and [[Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian War|abducted Ukrainian children were brought home]]. Otherwise, the game would be an endorsement of Russia's crimes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport7.dnes24.sk/202658/dominik-hasek-by-rad-isiel-na-zapas-hviezd-nhl-a-khl-jeho-podmienka-zahrna-prezidenta-putina|title=Dominik Hašek by rád išiel na zápas hviezd NHL a KHL: Jeho podmienka zahŕňa prezidenta Putina|website=Sport7.sk|date=13 August 2025|access-date=14 August 2025|lang=sk}}</ref>

===Inline hockey game incident===
During an inline hockey game on 18 May 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 (US$95 maximum), rather than a felony where jail time would have been possible.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Some blood, no foul |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2003/08/08/hasek_czech_ap/ |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=8 August 2003 |access-date=21 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424004021/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2003/08/08/hasek_czech_ap/ |archive-date=24 April 2008 }}</ref> 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 prosecutor's office then investigated the case again, and reached the same decision as Strnadová.<ref>{{cite web|last=Willoughby |first=Ian |title=Hasek to get off with fine for in-line hockey attack |url=http://www.radio.cz/en/news/52012#7 |publisher=Radio Prague |date=23 March 2004 |access-date=31 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109053552/http://www.radio.cz/en/news/52012 |archive-date=9 January 2006 }}</ref>

==Legacy==

===Milestones===
Hašek earned his 300th National Hockey League win on 15 October 2005, in a 5–1 home victory with the Ottawa Senators over the Boston Bruins. He stopped 34 of 35 shots and was holding a shutout until Bruins forward [[Pat Leahy (ice hockey)|Pat Leahy]] jammed a loose puck under him three minutes into the third period. He became the twenty-second goaltender to reach the milestone.<ref name="MainBio"/> He is the oldest goaltender in NHL history to post a 30-win season, and in 1997, he became the second goaltender to win the Lester B. Pearson Award for most outstanding player in the league (Mike Liut won the Lester B. Pearson Trophy as the league's MVP as determined by his peers in 1981). He is also the only goaltender to win the Hart Trophy twice for most valuable player, and was only one Vezina Trophy away from tying Jacques Plante's record of seven.{{refn|group=note|name=first|Plante played at a time when the Vezina Trophy was awarded to the goaltender(s) on the team with the fewest goals against. The William M. Jennings Trophy is now awarded to the goaltender(s) on the team with the fewest goals against.{{cn|date=November 2024}}}}{{cn|date=November 2024}}

===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 against average.<ref name="HockeydCentral"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Buffalo Sabres Season Leaders|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/leaders_season.html|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name="records">{{cite web|last=Fox|first=Luke|title=Hasek's deep list of career awards and records|publisher=Sportsnet|date=15 November 2014|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/dominik-hasek-list-of-career-achievements-hockey-hall-of-fame-2014-goaltender-awards-records/|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> He holds several notable NHL records:

<div style="float:left; margin-right:1.5em;">
;<u>General</u>
;All-time
* 1st place – Highest career save percent (.922)<ref>{{cite web|title=NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Save Percentage|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leaders/save_pct_career.html|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>
* 2nd place – Most games played by a Europe-born goaltender (735){{cn|date=November 2024}}
* 6th place – Most shutouts (81)<ref name="records"/>
* 7th place – Lowest goals against average (2.20)<ref>{{cite web|title=NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Goals Against Average|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/leaders/goals_against_avg_career.html|access-date=5 October 2017}}</ref>
* 11th place – Most wins (389)<ref name="records"/>
</div><div style="float:left; margin-right:1.5em;">
;<u>Regular season</u>
* First European goaltender to lead the NHL in GAA (1993–94)<ref name="records"/>
* First goaltender since 1974 to have a GAA below 2.00 (1993–94)<ref name="records"/>
* Most shutouts in one month (six in 1997–98)<ref name="records"/>
</div><div style="float:left;">
;<u>Playoffs</u>
;All-time
* 2nd place – Most shutouts in one season (6)<ref name="records"/>
* 3rd place – Most shutouts (15)<ref name="records"/>
* 10th place – Most wins (61)<ref name="records"/>
</div>{{Clear}}

One of the most impressive single-game performances by any player in NHL history came on 27 April 1994. Hašek made 70 saves in a four-overtime shutout. The opposing goaltender was Martin Brodeur, then a rookie, who made 49 saves before being beaten by [[Dave Hannan]], and the Sabres beat New Jersey 1–0, helping them to tie the series 3–3 in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Hašek's 70 saves set a record, which still stands, for the most saves in a game without allowing a goal.<ref>{{Citation|last=NHL|title=Memories: Hasek turns away 70 shots by the Devils|date=27 April 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRyEUj9Ync| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/nqRyEUj9Ync| archive-date=14 November 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=28 April 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Influence===
In a 2023 interview, [[Petr Čech]] described Hašek as one of his major sporting idols.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/petr-cech-belfast-is-a-very-special-place-for-me-and-im-delighted-to-achieve-my-professional-dream-with-giants/a1790454886.html | title=Petr Cech: Belfast is a very special place for me and I'm delighted to achieve my professional dream with Giants | newspaper=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk | date=24 November 2023 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
<small>'''Bold''' indicates led league</small>
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="width:75%; text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="10" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]] !! [[Goals against average|GAA]] !! [[save percentage|SV%]]
! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
| 1980–81
| [[HC Dynamo Pardubice|HC Pardubice]]
| [[Czechoslovak Extraliga|CSSR]]
| 9 || — || — || — || — || 598 || 24 || — || 2.98 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1981–82
| HC Pardubice
| CSSR
| 12 || — || — || — || — || 661 || 34 || — || 3.09 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1982–83
| HC Pardubice
| CSSR
| 42 || — || — || — || — || 2,358 || 105 || — || 2.67 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1983–84
| HC Pardubice
| CSSR
| 40 || — || — || — || — || 2,304 || 108 || — || 2.81 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1984–85
| HC Pardubice
| CSSR
| 42 || — || — || — || — || 2,419 || 131 || — || 3.25 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86
| HC Pardubice
| CSSR
| 45 || — || — || — || — || 2,689 || 138 || — || 3.08 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1986–87
| HC Pardubice
| CSSR
| 43 || — || — || — || — || 2,515 || 103 || — || 2.46 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987–88
| HC Pardubice
| CSSR
| 31 || — || — || — || — || 1,862 || 93 || — || 3.00 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1988–89
| HC Pardubice
| CSSR
| 42 || — || — || — || — || 2,507 || 114 || — || 2.73 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1989–90
| [[Dukla Jihlava]]
| CSSR
| 40 || — || — || — || — || 2,251 || 80 || — || 2.13 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1990–91 IHL season|1990–91]]
| [[Indianapolis Ice]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 33 || 20 || 11 || 1 || — || 1,903 || 80 || '''5''' || 2.46 || —
| 1 || 1 || 0 || 60 || 3 || — || 3.00 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 5 || 3 || 0 || 1 || — || 195 || 8 || 0 || 2.46 || .914
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 69 || 3 || 0 || 2.60 || .923
|-
| [[1991–92 IHL season|1991–92]]
| Indianapolis Ice
| IHL
| 20 || 7 || 10 || 3 || — || 1,162 || 69 || 1 || 3.56 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 20 || 10 || 4 || 1 || — || 1,014 || 44 || 1 || 2.60 || .893
| 3 || 0 || 2 || 158 || 8 || 0 || 3.03 || .886
|-
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| NHL
| 28 || 11 || 10 || 4 || — || 1,429 || 75 || 0 || 3.15 || .896
| 1 || 1 || 0 || 45 || 1 || 0 || 1.33 || .958
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 58 || 30 || 20 || 6 || — || 3,358 || 109 || '''7''' || '''1.95''' || '''.930'''
| 7 || 3 || 4 || 484 || 13 || 2 || '''1.61''' || .950
|-
| 1994–95
| HC Pardubice
| [[Czech Extraliga|CZE]]
| 2 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 41 || 19 || 14 || 7 || — || 2,416 || 85 || '''5''' || '''2.11''' || '''.930'''
| 5 || 1 || 4 || 309 || 18 || 0 || 3.49 || .863
|-
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 59 || 22 || 30 || 6 || — || 3,417 || 161 || 2 || 2.83 || '''.920'''
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 67 || 37 || 20 || 10 || — || 4,037 || 153 || 5 || 2.27 || '''.930'''
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 153 || 5 || 0 || 1.96 || .926
|-
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| '''72''' || 33 || 23 || 13 || — || '''4,220''' || 147 || '''13''' || 2.09 || '''.932'''
| 15 || 10 || 5 || 948 || 32 || 1 || 2.02 || .938
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 64 || 30 || 18 || 14 || — || 3,817 || 119 || 9 || 1.87 || '''.937'''
| 19 || 13 || 6 || 1,217 || 36 || 2 || 1.77 || '''.939'''
|-
| [[1999–00 NHL season|1999–00]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 35 || 15 || 11 || 6 || — || 2,066 || 76 || 3 || 2.21 || .919
| 5 || 1 || 4 || 301 || 12 || 0 || 2.39 || .918
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 67 || 37 || 24 || 4 || — || 3,904 || 137 || '''11''' || 2.11 || .921
| 13 || 7 || 6 || 833 || 29 || 1 || 2.08 || .916
|-
| [[2001–02 NHL season|2001–02]]
| [[Detroit Red Wings]]
| NHL
| 65 || '''41''' || 15 || 8 || — || 3,872 || 140 || 5 || 2.17 || .915
| '''23''' || '''16''' || 7 || '''1,455''' || 45 || '''6''' || 1.85 || .920
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| Detroit Red Wings
| NHL
| 14 || 8 || 3 || 2 || — || 817 || 30 || 2 || 2.20 || .907
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| [[Ottawa Senators]]
| NHL
| 43 || 28 || 10 || — || 4  || 2,584 || 90 || 5 || 2.09 || .925
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| Detroit Red Wings
| NHL
| 56 || 38 || 11 || — || 6 || 3,341 || 114 || 8 || 2.05 || .913
| 18 || 10 || 8 || 1,140 || 34 || 2 || 1.79 || .923
|-
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]
| Detroit Red Wings
| NHL
| 41 || 27 || 10 || — || 3 || 2,350 || 84 || 5 || 2.14 || .902
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 202 || 10 || 0 || 2.91 || .888
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009–10
|  HC Pardubice
|  Czech Extraliga|CZE
| 36 || 24 || 12 || 0 || — || 2,066 || 77 || 3 || 2.24 || .921
| 13 || 12 || 1 || 785 || 22 || 3 || 1.68 || .937
|-
| [[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11]]
| [[HC Spartak Moscow]]
| [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]
| 44 || 23 || 18 || 3 || — || 2,591 || 106 || '''7''' || 2.45 || .915
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 204 || 14 || 0 || 4.12 || .864
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | CSSR/CZE totals
! 353 !! — !! — !! — !! — !! 20,487 !! 944 !! — !! 2.76 !! —
! 13 !! 12 !! 1 !! 785 !! 22 !! 3 !! 1.68 !! .937
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | NHL totals
! 735 !! 389 !! 223 !! 82 !! 13 !! 42,836 !! 1,572 !! 81 !! 2.20 !! .922
! 119 !! 65 !! 49 !! 7,317 !! 246 !! 14 !! 2.02 !! .925
|}

===International===
<small>Bolded numbers indicate tournament leader</small>
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
| [[1982 IIHF European U18 Championship|1982]]
| [[Czechoslovakia men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]]
| [[IIHF European Junior Championships|EJC]]
| 5 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 3.00 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1983]]
| [[Czechoslovakia men's national junior ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]]
| [[IIHF World Junior Championship|WJC]]
| 6 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 3.33 || —
|-
| [[1983 Ice Hockey World Championships|1983]]
| [[Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team|Czechoslovakia]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 120 || 5 || 1 || 2.50 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1984 Canada Cup|1984]]
| Czechoslovakia
| [[Canada Cup (ice hockey)|CC]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 188 || 12 || 0 || 4.00 || —
|-
| [[1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1984]]
| Czechoslovakia
| WJC
| 7 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 380 || 10 || 0 || 1.89 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1986 Ice Hockey World Championships|1986]]
| Czechoslovakia
| WC
| 9 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 538 || 19 || 0 || 2.12 || —
|-
| [[1987 Ice Hockey World Championships|1987]]
| Czechoslovakia
| WC
| 9 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 520 || 19 || 1 || 2.19 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1987 Canada Cup|1987]]
| Czechoslovakia
| CC
| 6 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 360 || 20 || 0 || 3.33 || —
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]]
| Czechoslovakia
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympics|OLY]]
| 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 217 || 18 || 0 || 4.98 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989 Ice Hockey World Championships|1989]]
| Czechoslovakia
| WC
| 10 || 4 || 4 || 2 || 600 || 21 || '''2''' || 2.10 || —
|-
| [[1990 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|1990]]
| Czechoslovakia
| WC
| 8 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 480 || 20 || 1 || 2.50 || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991 Canada Cup|1991]]
| Czechoslovakia
| CC
| 5 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 300 || 18 || 0 || 3.60 || —
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]]
| [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]]
| OLY
| 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 || '''369''' || 6 || '''2''' || '''0.97''' || .961
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]]
| Czech Republic
| OLY
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 239 || 8 || 0 || 2.01 || .924
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]]
| Czech Republic
| OLY
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 1.000
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=4| Junior totals
! 11 !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! 3.16 !! —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=4| Senior totals
! 69 !! 32 !! 28 !! 8 !! 3940 !! 166 !! 7 !! 2.40 !! —
|-
| colspan="13" style="text-align: center;" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | '''Sources:'''<ref name="hr"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Kubatko|first=Justin|title=Dominik Hasek Olympic Stats|work=Hockey-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dominik-hasek-1|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>
|}

==Awards==

===NHL===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Year(s) awarded
|-
| [[NHL All-Rookie Team]]
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1992]]<ref name="records" />
|-
| [[William M. Jennings Trophy]]
| 1994, 2001, [[2007–08 NHL season|2008]]<ref name="JenningsTrophy">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24936 |title=William M. Jennings Trophy |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=13 October 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Vezina Trophy]]
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1994]], [[1994–95 NHL season|1995]], 1997, 1998, [[1998–99 NHL season|1999]], [[2000–01 NHL season|2001]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24965 |title=Vezina Trophy|publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[NHL First All-Star Team]]
| 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001<ref name="records" />
|-
| [[NHL All-Star Game]]
| [[1996 NHL All-Star Game|1996]], [[1997 NHL All-Star Game|1997]], [[1998 NHL All-Star Game|1998]], [[1999 NHL All-Star Game|1999]], [[2001 NHL All-Star Game|2001]], [[2002 NHL All-Star Game|2002]]<ref name="hr" />
|-
| [[Hart Memorial Trophy]]
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1997]], [[1997–98 NHL season|1998]]<ref name="Hart">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24934 |title=Hart Memorial Trophy|publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lester B. Pearson Award]]
| 1997, 1998<ref name="PearsonTrophy">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=24944 |title=Ted Lindsay Award |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=31 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[Stanley Cup]] champion
| [[2002 Stanley Cup Finals|2002]], [[2008 Stanley Cup Finals|2008]]<ref name="records"/>
|}

===Czechoslovak and Czech awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Year(s) awarded
|-
| [[Czechoslovak Extraliga|Czechoslovak First League]] Best Goaltender<ref name="Sportovci" />
| 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
|-
| [[Golden Hockey Stick]]<ref name="Sportovci" />
| 1987, 1989, 1990, 1997, 1998
|-
| Czech Sportsperson of the Year<ref name="Sportovci" />
| 1994, 1998 and 2001
|-
| Czech Hockey Player of the 20th century<ref name="Sportovci">{{cite web
 |title       = Dominik Hašek — přehled největších úspěchů
 |work        = Sportovci.cz
 |publisher   = Infocentrum českých sportovců
 |language    = cs
 |url         = http://www.sportovci.cz/php/sportovec.php?sid=004000226
 |access-date  = 8 September 2007
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214005005/http://www.sportovci.cz/php/sportovec.php?sid=004000226
 |archive-date = 14 December 2007
|df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>
| 1998
|-
| [[Czech Extraliga]] champion<ref>{{cite news|title=NHL great Dominik Hasek wins Czech championship at age 45|work=Toronto Star|agency=Associated Press|date=22 April 2010|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2010/04/22/nhl_great_dominik_hasek_wins_czech_championship_at_age_45.html|access-date=8 November 2017}}</ref>
| 2010
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Year(s) awarded
|-
| [[IIHF European Junior Championships|EJC]] Best Goaltender Award<ref name="Hockey Facts & Stats" />
| [[1982 IIHF European U18 Championship|1982]]
|-
| [[IIHF World Junior Championship|WJC]] Best Goaltender Award<ref name="Hockey Facts & Stats">{{cite news
| title = Hockey Facts & Stats
| year = 2006
| isbn = 978-0-00-639328-3
| publisher = [[Andrew Podnieks]]
| page = [https://archive.org/details/collinsgemhockey0000podn/page/503 503]
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/collinsgemhockey0000podn/page/503
}}</ref>
| [[1983 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1983]]
|-
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]] All-Star Team<ref name="Hockey Canada">{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/Team-Canada/Men/World-Championship/2013-Stockholm/All-Stars|title=All-Star Teams – IIHF World Championship|publisher=[[Hockey Canada]]|access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>
| [[1987 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1987]], [[1989 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1989]], [[1990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1990]]
|-
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]] Best Goaltender<ref name="IIHF" />
| 1987, 1989
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] Best Goaltender<ref name="IIHF">{{cite web
 | title = Dominik Hašek – biography
 | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]
 | url = http://www.iihf.com/CARDS/CZECHS/DOMINIK_HASEK.swf
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070925212153/http://www.iihf.com/CARDS/CZECHS/DOMINIK_HASEK.swf
 | archive-date = 25 September 2007
| access-date = 8 September 2007}}</ref>
| [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]]
|-
| [[IIHF Hall of Fame]]
| 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/niedermayer-hasek-reichel-to-enter-iihf-hall-of-fame/c-744607|title=Niedermayer, Hasek, Reichel to enter IIHF Hall of Fame|date=18 December 2014|website=[[National Hockey League]]|access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Uvedení nových členů do Síně slávy IIHF|date=17 May 2015|work=[[Blesk]]|language=cs|location=Prague, Czech Republic|url=https://isport.blesk.cz/tiskove-konference-2015/tampa-tampa/online-prenos?match=243457|access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[IIHF All-Time Teams|IIHF All-Time Czech Team]]
| 2020
|}

==See also==
* [[List of NHL statistical leaders]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/hasek.html Dominik Hasek] at HockeyGoalies.org
* {{Olympics.com|dominik-hasek|Dominik Hasek|org_archive=20170718002539}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Ice hockey stats}}

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