After 18 seasons in the NHL, 2 MVP awards and 6 Vezina Trophies, “The Dominator” Dominik Hasek has announced his retirement.
“Physically, I’m felling great—as well as ever,” Hasek said Monday as he announced his retirement. “I just don’t feel that I’m ready to compete on the highest level.“I need motivation. Right now, I don’t feel it’s there and I don’t want to disappoint anyone.” - Yahoo! Sports
Hasek was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks and spent his rookie years as backup to Ed Belfour. In his career he spent 2 seasons with Chicago, 9 seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, 4 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings and a short 1 season stint with the Ottawa Senators.
During his career, Hasek has won:
Hart Memorial Trophy for MVP twice (nominated 5 times)
Lester B. Pearson Award twice (nominated 3 times)
Vezina Trophy 6 times
William M Jennings Trophy 3 times
Stanley Cup in 2002 with the Detroit Red Wings
The 2002 gold medal at the Nagano Olympic Games for the Czech Republic
Hasek has named on:
NHL first All-Star Team 5 times
NHL All-Rookie Team in the ‘91 and ‘92 season
NHL All-Star Game 5 times (although did not play in 2000 due to injury)
In his NHL Career, Hasek played a total of 735 games, totaling 42836 minutes of ice time. He collected 389 wins, 223 losses, 82 ties and 13 overtime losses with 81 shutouts. His career GAA and SV% stand at 2.10 & .922 respectively.
It took 129 minutes to achieve, but the Dallas Stars finally eliminated the pesky San Jose Sharks from the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Brenden Morrow netted the puck 9:03 into the 4th overtime period to give the Stars their first Conference Finals appearance since 2000.
Marty Turco faced 61 shots in the epic battle, making him the 1st star of the game. Evgeni Nabokov of the Sharks was 2nd star and Brenden Morrow was 3rd.
The Dallas Stars now go on to face the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference finals.
Earlier tonight the Pittsburgh Penguins eliminated the New York Rangers, making way for an all Pen State EC final between the Penguins and Flyers.
The Dallas Stars tried again to eliminate the San Jose Sharks today, but failed to achieve the task as the Sharks rallied to win in overtime, 3-2.
Jere Lehtinen opened the scoring for the Stars. Brenden Morrow put the Stars up 2-0 going into the third period. The 2nd period saw not one, but two waved off goals by Brenden Morrow. In the third Milan Michalek and Brian Campbell evened the score, taking the game to overtime, where Joe Pavelski netted the game winner in the 2nd minute of OT.
“Every game we lose, we give them more life, but I like our position better than theirs,” Morrow said. “The third period was our downfall. We have to move on, earn our breaks. We earned this 3-2 lead.”
- Yahoo! Sport
For the Stars, Hope, Joy, Bliss, Excitement. For the Sharks, Dismay, Fear, Concern.
4 minutes into the overtime period, unlikely hero, Mattias Norstrom shoots a wristshot from the blue line. This isn’t the first wrister he’s fired in this series, and it probably wont be his last. But todays was different, because it managed to go through all the traffic, past Nabokov and into the net.
And with that, the Stars took a very convincing 3-0 series lead over the (#1 contender going into the regular season) San Jose Sharks.
“I tried to get it on net, it went off a stick. Fortunately, it went in,” said Norstrom, sounding as shocked as anyone about his game-winner.
- Yahoo! Sports
We had a large update today, with over 100 new videos added. Included in the update are game highlight reels from todays NHL games, a large list of hockey fights, both new and old, a few interviews and a classic clip of Howler from the Phoenix Coyotes beating up on an inflatable Sharkie at a Coyotes home game.
Godard vs Boulton Mar 13, 2008
Eric Godard vs Eric Boulton from the Calgary Flames at Atlanta Thrashers game on Mar 13, 2008. via http://www.hockeyfights.com
Category: Hockey Fights
Clarkson vs Simon Mar 13, 2008
David Clarkson vs Chris Simon from the New Jersey Devils at Minnesota Wild game on Mar 13, 2008. via http://www.hockeyfights.com
Category: Hockey Fights
Burrows vs Carcillo Mar 13, 2008
Alexandre Burrows vs Daniel Carcillo from the Vancouver Canucks at Phoenix Coyotes game on Mar 13, 2008. via http://www.hockeyfights.com
Category: Hockey Fights
Aaron Downey
Aaron downey fight
Category: Hockey Fights
Walker vs Gaustad Mar 14, 2008
Scott Walker vs Paul Gaustad from the Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres game on Mar 14, 2008. via http://www.hockeyfights.com
Category: Hockey Fights
Conboy vs Mair Mar 14, 2008
Tim Conboy vs Adam Mair from the Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres game on Mar 14, 2008. via http://www.hockeyfights.com
Category: Hockey Fights Full Story →
Todays videos include a number of highlight reels from recent NHL games, including the Canucks Vs Kings, Rangers Vs Sabres and Blues Vs Flames on march 10, Canucks Vs Blues and Capitals Vs Bruins on march 8. Other videos include some classic hockey fights, goals, an amazing save by Patric Marleau and other clips from around the league.
Canucks @ Kings 3/10/08
Vancouver Canucks @ Los Angeles Kings 3/10/08
Category: NHL Game Recaps
Flyers @ Maple Leafs 2008, March 11
The Toronto Maple Leafs still believe their playoff hopes are alive. Pavel Kubina scored the winner 4:04 into overtime to complete a spirited comeback from a three-goal deficit as Toronto defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Tuesday. Video Courtesy: mapleleafs.com
Category: NHL Game Recaps
Patrick Marleau Amazing Save vs Wild
In the dieing seconds and goaltender Evgeni Nabokov out of the play, San Jose Sharks Captain Patrick Marleau slaps the puck out of the air to save a goal, Marleau went on to score the winner in a shootout.
Category: NHL Game Recaps
Roy vs Cote Round 1 Mar 6, 2008
more @ http://Roy_vs_Cote_Round_1_Mar_6_2008.gg.myphotos.cc - Roy vs Cote Round 1 Mar 6, 2008 - hockey fight fights andre roy riley cote tampa bay lightning philadelphia flyers Roy vs Cote Round 1 Mar 6, 2008
Category: Hockey Fights
Andrew Peters Vs Nick Jones 3/30/00
Another classic OHL tilt. This time, it’s game 3 of the OHL semi’s. Current Buffalo Sabre bad boy Andrew Peters, here with the Kitchener Rangers, takes on rugged Nick Jones of the Soo Greyhounds.
Category: Hockey Fights
Avery levels Paetsch, sets up Jagr; Mar 10, 2008 NYR@BUF
Sweet forechecking by Avery. Lays out Paetsch gets the puck back again from Dubinsky and sets up Jagr. Avery can’t play, eh? New York Rangers @ Buffalo Sabres. March 10th, 2008.
Category: Hits & Checks
Late game tying goal by Atom Ant!
after surrendering the lead late in the game, the boys worked hard and got the goal that ended the game in a tie vs north adams
Category: Goals
Antoine Vermette Goal vs Coyotes
Ottawa Senators speedster Antoine Vermette takes a rebound from Chris Kelly and backhands it past Phoenix Coyotes’ Goalie Ilya Bryzgalov for his 16th of the season. Sens went onto win 4-2.
Category: Goals
Best of Mike Richards: 500 Subscribers
Haven’t had one of thease since 100 Subscribers. We have come along way. I hope to be making another for 1,000 subscribers. I have decided to hold off on season coverage and cover all of the playoffs. 2007-2008 Roster [As of Macrh 11th] Forwards 36 Jesse Boulerice 43 Danny Briere 17 Jeff Carter 32 Riley Cote 34 Jim Dowd 27 Steve Downie 12 Simon Gagne “A” 19 Scott Hartnell 24 Sami Kapanen 22 Mike Knuble 15 Joffrey Lupul 40 Vaclav Prospal 18 Mike Richards “A” 25 Patrick Thoresen 20 R.J. Umberger 9 Scottie Upshall Defensemen 5 Braydon Coburn 2 Derian Hatcher 6 Randy Jones 28 Lasse Kukkonen 26 Jaroslav Modry 77 Ryan Parent 21 Jason Smith “C” 44 Kimmo Timonen In Goal 43 Martin Biron 30 Antero Niittymaki Thank you to all the fans and….. LETS GO FLYERS!
Category: Compilations
Swedish Hockey Fans
Taken at the DIF-Hockeyslutspel in Stockholm, Sweden on March 11th, 2008.
Category: Other
Big Mac’s aproval of Ian’s goal
Dominik fighting for the puck - hardwork Jared passing you the puck - teamwork Having Dad sing opera after you score! - priceless hope you enjoyed the Meal…… Boi!
Category: Hockey Humour
After 18 seasons in the NHL, 2 MVP awards and 6 Vezina Trophies, “The Dominator” Dominik Hasek has announced his retirement.
A picture tells a thousand words.
