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#Sabres announce the team will officially retire the jersey of Dominik Hasek in a ceremony during the 2014-15 season. #39 to the rafters.
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Awesome. Hasek might be the best goaltender I have ever seen play (can't say much about the generation of goaltenders from the 70's on back). I still remember him stealing the Olympics that one year. He almost single-handedly took the Sabres past the Stars for the cup, until Brett Hull's illegal goal cost them.
Hopefully the team is a little less embarrassing on the evening of the ceremony than they are now.
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"You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender
Not in the NHl but his play at the 98 Olympics might be one of the best international performances by a hockey player ever. And I will hate him forever because of it.
6 GP with a 0.97GAA, .961sv% and 2 SO. Just amazing when you consider the team in front of him.
Last edited by Schraderbrau; 03-28-2014 at 01:14 PM.
Hasek is the reason I became a hockey fan after the 1998 Olympics. I was obsessed with him and the Sabres, and distinctly recall when Joe Juneau scored in OT to eliminate Buffalo from the playoffs that year against Washington. I was really happy to see him finally get his Cup with Detroit in 2003.
Well deserved, and when I think about it, it's a wonder it hadn't happened sooner.
Sabres to retire Hasek's number
