Take a look back at some of the most memorable saves from Dominik "The Dominator" Hasek's career.
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Those old black/white/red Buffalo jerseys were 🔥🔥🔥
Most of the oldies are better than today's
I agree, that's one of my favorite hockey jerseys ever, I want a Hasek or Peca version bad!
Couldn't disagree more. Those colours make me wanna poke my eyes out. Solid royal blue and yellow stripes is a thousand times more pleasant. IMO
They're 🔥🔥🔥 if you mean they should be burned.
Yeah, but I don’t like the buffalo
"Who you gonna be?" "Hasek!" --- Every 90s kid who ever played goalie
Stacking the pads good times
This is the best comment on this video! So true haha
Czech is best
I think that Canadians wanted to be Roy instead.
@@Catinkontti Nah Brodeur
Hasek can make up the TOP 10 best saves in NHL history by himself and nobody could say squat...
KapitanPisoar1 very good goaltender, I watched him meltdown in Detroit, so I can say squat! Chris Osgood saved his bacon, and Detroits Stanley Cup!
I'll submit a few Marty Brodeur saves for that top 10
@Dan Evertt More like 43.
Even as a Flyers fan, he's my favorite goalie. Well, maybe a close 2nd to Hextall😊 Definitely could make for the top 10 saves in NHL history. He was a human highlight reel!
@@cascorick8253 that was I'm 2008 he stated in 2002 Stanley cup and won
Best goalie ever.
I don't think its even close. I mean Im a Devils die hard and I'd put marty at 2 or 3 with Roy and Hasek 1st. Marty and Roy played on much better teams and didn't win the Vezina 6 times or Hart twice. Human highlight real in the most difficult position in sports
100%! Hasek led an average Sabres team to the cup and revolutionized the goalie position all while putting up some of the best stats in history. There's no question that he's the GOAT
6 Vezina's in 8 years, and the only goalie to win 2 Hart MVP's. The dominator was simply the best.
Better be careful saying things like that. Montreal fans heads will explode if they read it.
@@n7torp904 Marty top 3? Hell no. His "one season wins" record is just plain bullshit. He got tons of free wins, because there were no ties after 2004. And ofc his team ruining hockey for nearly 2 decades was an achievement in itself.
Possibly the most idolized hockey player among kids who grew up in the 90's.
no maybe goalie wise but....
Nah, im glad he played for the wings i 2001-02 but as a wings fan my most idolized goalies were Mike Vernon and Chris Osgood.
Hit the nail on the head in my case. My favorite athlete IN ANY SPORT EVER. He's the reason I played goal in hockey.
@@-BUGZ- bad taste mate
Justin Dyck I loved watching Bure and Coffey fly, Fedorov just how he played and Hasek do the impossible.
Hasek is hands down the best goalie that ever played in the NHL.There were plenty of other better tecnical goalies but nobody more determined to make the save.
he is the reason they won the gold medal in 1998.
@@SuCKeRPunCH187 true, he won Nagano for us in CZ and Jagr, Ruzicka etc ;) but Hasek was the best of Nagano :)
Hašek definitely stole that tournament and robbed all star Canada and USA team
What abut the great Gump Worsely?
i think there were no better technical goalies - noone used to catch the way Hašek did before he came into the game , from the time he was very little his grandpa made an ice on yard so he could skate in winter and Hašek as small kid always wanted to be goalie and stay in net and catch - he learned it naturally from very start without coach that would have impact , he just did not had same training like everyone , when he first came into pro game coach was like what the hell is he doing ? why is he on the ground all the time ?
They laughed at his style in the beginning....he laughed at them in the end with gold Olympic medal around his neck and Stanley cup above his head
Yes, it was "Hasek's" style, but very effective!
@@rockodlak It's hard to duplicate but he did have consistent things he did, like shut the door on one side to completely force the shooter to the other and then and sprawl an arm to take away option 2, or make somebody move around his poke check so he could stack the pads after he's forced them to commit to that direction. It looks sometimes like he's all over the map but I think those movements are more planned than people realize.
Expert level unorthodoxy like what propelled Tim Thomas during his time in Boston, but with some added acrobatics and a longer span of top-notch performance.
@@kencoleman5007 Hasek's prime was from '94 to '02. Thomas lasted like, 5 years? Child, please
I loved Hasek in BUF, but thank God he got a Cup. It would've been a crime against humanity by the Hockey Gods if he didn't get one.
lol yeah, BUF still to this day one of the very weakest teams in nhl
@Jerry V ?
Hands down, up, sideways, backwards, sometimes even upside-down, the best goalie to ever grace the NHL. He was my favorite goalie to watch growing up. #Respect from Canada!
Respect from Czech republic. You are not like other Canadiens.
@@uragan5411 There were TONS of Hasek fans in Canada when I was growing up. The popular debate at school when I was a young lad was Hasek vs Roy vs Brodeur. All three were exceptional goalies but Hasek's stats don't lie. He's my fav.
This NHL era was insane. Teams were just full of legends left and right.
DOMINATOR! Respect from Russland, still salty about Nagano finals xD.
:D :D good days from czech 😂✌️
CZech Legend
I'm good about it😁 Nagano was perfect!
:D :D :D
@@pavelballa6265 shut ya
His ability to sprawl out all over the place to save the puck was legendary. Coming to mid rink for a hit or a steal was legendary. Six vezina trophies is legendary. That mask is legendary. Absolute GOAT.
easily the best goalie of all time. 6 vezinas in 8 years. 5 seasons above .930 save% and the career best of .9223%. roy and brodeur combined have ZERO seasons of .930 save %. since wayne gretzky entered the league only 3 people have won back to back hart trophies. gretzky, ovechkin and dominik hasek. he truly was one of those generational super star talents that we just might never see again.
Peter stastny
And maro lem
OMG When I liked your comment I became the 39th person to do so!
I know it's KZhead but please capitalise proper nouns
Rick Jeanneret's calls will never get old. Love him calling the crazy saves by Hasek.
center iiiiiiiice!!!!1
Mama couldnt hide the cookie from this man
I would love to see him and Mickey Redmond call a game together.
"He ROooObbed him!"
Respect from Finland. We have produced many good goalies, but this guy beats them all. I miss him.
Paitsi Länkinen
He is from czech republick...
@@bigbud173 Yes. We know.
Finland is the best goalies yet to win a cup.
From Canada. I think Finland produces the best goalies in the world hands down.
How is it even possible to fit Hasek's career highlights in a 6 minute video. This should be at least 50 times longer. Greatest Goalie of All Time.
Dominik Hasek is straight up one of if not the greatest goalie in NHL history, just so entertaining to watch and never ever gave up on any play. Mad respect for the Dominator.
Best goalkeeper history NHL
Hands down for that comment - As a fan of the penguins and Fleury
Pekka Rinne would dominate this overrated hack
@@hughjass8383 hahaha! Kidding, right?
@@hughjass8383 Sure, because Pekka Rinne is too good right now. It's not like he choked hard in the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals or whatever
Hugh jass maybe you are confusing Rinne with Roy but idk if either one would beat hasek...
I love this man. I didn't play at any sort of a high level, mostly street hockey with friends as a kid, but in my mind I was Dominik Hasek. Throwing legs everywhere and just generally never giving up on a save.
He was on another planet. Glad I was able to see him play.
Wish I did
5:36 “my dream came true. I’m so happy” -Dominik Hasek 🙌🏽
Interviewer: What style of goalie do you play? Hasek: snowman Interviewer: what? Hasek: you heard me
Hasek’s saves remind me of soccer saves. Can’t help but imagine peak De Gea or peak Neuer.
@@Pokemonmaster150b Naah, its Peter Cech
He wasnt wrong.
You cannot teach this type of goaltending it’s pure intelligence and instinct.
"it’s pure intelligence and instinct." As well as a slinky for a spine, or at least that's the rumor. (yes, I know this is a year later...bears being said, haha)
Hes sort of like the Roy Jones jr or Pernell Whitaker of Goalies in that sense, dont get me wrong even someone whose literally born more genetically/ etc gifted then others like a Floyd mayweather jr- whose father was a top 5-10 contender in ray leonard and Hagler's era, and whose uncle Roger was a legit 2 division champ themselves,and his other uncle a lesser but still respectable lower /mid level contender, or like Roy Jones jr who in huis prime literally did things in the ring you'll never see before or since or even ever again for the next 100+ years I mean Jones jr probably has the most insanely ridiculously amazing Highlight reel maybe ever, and Pernell Whitaker one of the only Boxers/greats ver who could basically evade and duck and deflect/parry not get hit with a single shot even if a good opponent is inches away from him throwing a 50 punch combo! just natural God given talent/ability- in addition to hard work and training of course.So literally its in there dna/genes/ or like a Michael Jordan, or etc still work there asses off and Trained very very hard and out in the work for damn sure, just like Hasick himself absolutely did! but on top of all of that hard work your right in addition to that work ethic/training etc, he also had some things that simply cannot truly be taught at the end of the day like Freakish/ unorthodox athleticism/abilities/ and etc absolutely!.
Hasek played like no other! Best goalie ever
First highlight: Jagr vs Hasek. Two of the best players in Czech history, two of the best players of the worlds ice hockey history 👍
I was fortunate in my life to be at many sabres home games in which he was playing...greatest goaltender I've ever seen period. Revolutionized the position with his style often imitated but never duplicated...
Haseks youth goalie coach: Theres only one rule in making hockey saves... and its: theres no rulez. Just stop the puck
My favorite thing about his style is that it’s based on never, ever giving up on a puck. I took that to heart when I played hockey as a kid (in the 90’s) and I take it to heart now.
Hasek was a Houdini among goaltenders. He definitely earned the nickname “The Dominator”
I haven't seen 70% of these highlights and I'm just floored. Used to draw him as a kid but without internet and highlight videos, unless I watched the games, I didn't see these beauties.
I've seen 100% percent of these already and I still didn't get up from the floor.
@@davidkoh007 Neither did Hašek.
@@elliottcampbell9358 🤣!!!
Im from Finland and we have few pretty skilled Finnish Goalies in the past and now a days too but "The Dominator"have been always one of my favorite Goalies,cos of he's truly unique style to make epic saves and he feels n sounds like a honest down-to-earth Gentleman who truly love to play Ice Hockey,The Greatest Sport in the Planet and the whole Universe!Ofc He is One of the Biggest Goalie Legends in the history of Hockey 👍💪He's imo in Top 5 Goalies in Hockey History for easy!👍
Ho a prety , all now about Tretiak and Hasek Roy and Brodeor
Greatest goalie of all time. Invented his own way of playing the position. There was no guessing or luck involved with how great he was. Every part of his game was strategic. Roy and Brodeur couldn’t even sharpen Dom’s skates
I was born in 1976. Starting playing goalie on the ice at age 4 in western NY. Being a sabers fan was pretty tough since we never won a cup and the french connection was a bit before any time that i can remember. I idolized Tom Barasso, Darren Pupa, Clint Malarchuk then our beloved Dominator. Getting his autograph on the full size puc that the Buffalo News put on the back of their paper was the highlite of my teenage years. Watching Dominator make the most unbelievable saves night after night while listening to Rick Gennerate call the game on WGR radio 55 was a family tradition. My fondest memories were when we played New Jersey. Dominator versus Martin Brodeur was unreal every time. I recall a game that went scoreless for something like 3 overtimes? Winning the Vezina trophy 6 times makes Domino Hasek the best goalie of all time. Any Chicago, Buffalo or Detroit fan will instantky agree. Hated seeing such a humble and talented player leave Buffalo but cried tears of joy seeing him finally hoiste the cup over his head with Detroit, twice. For any hockey fans that never got to see Hasek play, KZhead him. He was so much more than this video. He made these crazy saves every single night.
Respect from Czech republic. You are great hockey fan.
I can't help but laugh at some of these saves. He was a one-of-a-kind goalie. Loved him.
He reinvented the position by being acrobatic and covering as much as the net as possible with his flailing
It's like controlled flailing though!!
Hasek did what he needed to do to keep the puck out of the net. As evidenced by multiple Vezna trophies. 6, if I remember right.
@@lk6912 right, he opened up spots to bait forwards to shoot where he wanted just to steal it from them.
I am from Toronto and Hasek is still my all time fav goalie. He was entertaining and one of the all time best!
Первый хоккейный вратарь, о котором я узнал в детстве. Настоящий зверь!
The Legend!!! Thx from the Czech Republic !!! :)
Hasek revolutionized the way a goalie should play, honestly one of the best goalies do all time
Respect
The most impressive display of accurate flailing lol good goalie
Or is it sprawling
One of a kind. Thank you for the time with the Red Wings, and everything, Dominator.
Reason I am a Sabres fan to this day. He was everything back then. Sabres didn't have much else, but Dom bailed them out time and time again and kept them in so many games. I miss these exciting moments. Those RJ calls are insanely fun and give me chills every time. We are not worthy.
Jsem pyšnej za tohoto brankáře, bezpochyby nejlepší brankář
The greatest of all time
What a Legend!
As a Red Wings Fan, I can say that we got ourself a God back then...And he got 2 Stanley Cups with us....Hasek was Perfect in every Way
Well Ozzy won the 2 won for him but yes Hasek was great and fun to watch. He would do anything and I MEAN ANYTHING to stop the puck.
I remember as a kid playing nhl on PS1 and putting hasek on my team and dreamed hed be on red wings, then it happened in rl lol
Yea for the Red Wings :/ Dom shoulda had his first cup with the Sabres
@@MrOffroadjunkie yes...That Foot in the God damn crease was unfortunate
Simply...The best.
I have seen them all after 1970. Tret'yak, Holecek, Brodeur, Roy, etc. All. Hasek is the best I have seen. A consistent miracle maker. Nobody touches him. If he was born in Canada - he would have streets and babies named after him. On a mass scale.
Respect from Czech republic
WE ARE NOT WORTHY
Lmao
Hašek (as a player) reminds me an old kung-fu master. Classical goalie is a student of kung-fu bound by forms he practices over and over again. But a true master (after necessarily practicing these forms for a while) recognizes their limits and leaves them behind for the sake of fluidity, intuition and natural self-expression....
He was so good it was almost fake.....He was so much better than any other goalie during his time & in my opinion the greatest goalie of All-Time. What a pleasure he was to watch. You just couldn’t get pucks past him.
Hasek is my spirit animal
90s and 2000s golden age of NHL.
90's. Golden hockey times
I’m a big time NJ Devils fan and I watched Marty for his whole career and I will always say Hasek was the best goaltender I have ever seen Marty was the reason I wanted to play goalie Hasek was the style I tried to mimic
As a Buffalo fan I always said he was the best ever but Martin Brodeur's career as a whole with the hardware, longevity, carrying the Devils single handedly some years to the playoffs I'd give him the nod as best ever ever. They both had different styles and they both dominated.
One thing's for certain both goaltenders put Patrick Roy in his place, 3rd lol
As a Sabres fan who moved to Secaucus, NJ for work after college in 1991, I look back and feel nostalgic and humbled to have witnessed just about every Hasek vs. Brodeur game in that 92-98 range at the Brenden Byrne arena. Every game had at most 3 goals total. It was just truly special to witness those 2.
Best goalie to ever play the game
Wau, well who is the best goalie who did not play a game?
Catinkontti Me
@@BIGDROC99 that's true. Mike was an amazing goalie, just because he never played the game is meaningless. You were great. And I should know, I was a pretty good NBA players despite never playing.
It seemed like every night ESPN showed one of Hasek's saves when he played for Buffalo. The guy single-handedly won games for a team that was marginal at best.
I actually really like those black and red sabres jerseys, they should bring them back as an alternate I hope, probably won't happen tho :( hasek was a genius in the net!!
Apparently someone else, not affiliated with the team, owns the rights to the "goathead." It's a whole long story, but I don't think they can bring them back unfortunately. I would love it though. Change the blue back from navy to the lighter shade & bring back the Goats, if possible.
Those jerseys should all be burnt, IMO.
No no no
They should be their main jerseys again and make their current jerseys their alternate
Plus the current owners can't even get their jerseys right as they misspell people's names or get cheap Chinese knockoff jerseys
I remember Haseks strengths from the world championships held in Europe in the 1980s. Respect from Sweden.
Loved watching him play
The numbers don't show everything ! the best of them all! from NJD fan.
Untouchable in his prime. It was an honour to see his career unfold and get a chance to see him play in Ottawa!
I'm so dang bummed he wasn't in the league when I started watching. These saves are absolutley insane!
originalni brankaí všech dob a česka legenda ..dekujem ti jak jsi umel vzit utocnikum kolikrat dech
One of my all-time favorites. Goalie 👊
He was this good because he never gave up, even if everyone in arena was sure its a goal for sure, he never gave up the hope, always giving 100% Respect
Nejlepší brankář všech dob
Hasek is a hockey legend. His accolades, his style was different. He may very well be the best goalie of all time. The 6 seasons between 1993 to 1999 were unbelievable...God like performance
They don't call him "The Dominator" for no reason
I'm so glad he finally got the Stanley Cup,after the lost in finale with Sabres. If he didn't get it world would be really unfair.
The best goalie ever. Hands down.
We will never see another Dominik Hasek. Simply the best!!
Greatest player of all time, change my mind
I mean Gretzky and Lemieux and Orr are obviously better, but Hasek is the best goalie
Grew up a Roy fan... but older I get more I realize Hasek was the best.
Jonathan Quick is god
Grezky.
@@Catinkontti Wan Grezky
He was the best goalie to watch. His style was so different. Probably one of the fiercest competitors. Back when a goalie could carry a team. Now with the game so technical, you dont need the best goalie, you just need a goalie to make the saves for your team to clear the puck.
Yeah im from Russia and clearly remember how Hasek stole the show against Russia at the finals in Nogano)
Simply the best!
Best GK of all times
Dominik je super gólman 😍♥️
Probably the best and most original goalie ever.
Love love love Hasek and his style. So acrobatic, so random. It's free jazz.
Revisiting these highlights and man was he such an elite goaltender. Absolutely standing on his head at all times putting the team on his back !
Best goalie... Ever
God: how many shots do you plan on stopping over your career? Dominator: yes
tha'ts an epic comment I just saw today among others very different videos. You buddy made my day. 3 months old
My gold memories! Regards and respect from RUSSIA!!! ❤️
"WE ARE NOT WORTHY." One of my favorite calls.
The best to ever do it. Slinky for a spine.
Red Lights Pads for legs: $1500 Glove for hand: $400 Mask for face: $150 Having a slinky for a spine: priceless There are some things money can't buy; for everything else, there's Mastercard.
That is illegal! The best ever!
Hašek: gets down on the ice. Everyone: a miracle!
He almost reminds me of a soccer goalie who tends to attack against the striker in one-on-ones instead of waiting him out. And nowadays the goalkeepers may not be lying down as much as Hasek did. They stand on their knees while Dominator could swim around and still manage to protect the net. That is a much more chaotic and entertaining style to watch, rather than a tall goalie with even larger protection as they have now.
Yes but every goalie lector will argue with that. Goaltenders need to keep the position first. You go down you are beaten basically. Hašek was unique but his style is definitely against proper technique
They started giving up tripping calls to goaltenders for making that diving move that Hasek pulled. It is a good idea for safety, but man was it amazing to watch Dom just bolt out of the net while the breakaway player had their head down. And to those who say he'd get lit up in this day and age, look at that man's eyes. Look at his head. He's watching EVERYTHING. The man could make these crazy saves because he KNEW where people were going to shoot. He was a master of predicting where a shot would end up. That's why he was so good. That's why he'd ALWAYS be good. It is the same thing as saying Gretzky would get outskated by everyone. You can't judge people for being slower or saying that they'd suck in the modern hockey. You have no idea how well they would adapt. How much better they would be with modern equipment and training gear. Just remember that these legends did all of this crazy, insane high skilled play without the much higher tech equipment we have nowadays.
scoring on Hasek wasn't easy and never will be... We might have goalies with better technique, but no goalie throws the body and twists the spine like this, he never give up the goal easily... everybody knew that taking out of the blocker and shooting high was no guarantee. He would raise the leg, lie on his stomach or back... find a way to stop.
*The kind of goalie to open up and trick you shoot where he wants just to steal it from you.* highest iq goalie there was
That's exactly what he did. A lot of people think he's completely reactionary but he's worked out those situations and forced the shooters to the side he wanted or to take the second option knowing he'd take it away from them.
God almighty. 20 years later he is still the best.
Best goalkeeper in history
only reason why we won "tournament of a century" Nagano olympics back in 1998. HAŠEK NA HRAD! :)
One could easily say he was the Gretzky of goaltenders...
No. That would be quite incorrect. Great...great goalie though.
@@prun8893 No you could say that. He won SIX Vezina Trophy's in 7 years competing against prime Roy and Brodeur
Check nhl.com/stats, way better statistics in both regular season AND playoffs for Hasek
Jessie ok but Roy had a great team in front of him
Thats a bit of a stretch. But he was one of the best.
You see the passion from the 1st second. GOAT!
I like how goalies laying still on the ice is a part of sports. It is a really unique position.
the best goalie ever in my book. I remember one of the coaches on my team saying to our goalie "rule of thumb on the breakaway, if he's got his head down at the blue line, rush him" 2:46 amen
Greatest goalie of all time
What about Johnny Bower?
Love that this guy figured out that coming WAY out front to stop a fast break was the most effective strategy. I was shocked to see it in this documentary, not sure anyone else does it.
And then he slide tackles them. I'm convinced he got that idea from seeing soccer goalies do it
Legendary goalkeeper