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Dominik Hasek comes out of retirement

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Dominik Hasek comes out of retirement

July 8, 2010 Updated Jul 8, 2010 at 3:44 PM EDT

PRAGUE - Dominik Hasek is coming out of retirement to play for
his former club in the top Czech league.
The 44-year-old goaltender will play next season for HC Moeller
Pardubice in the town where he was born and started his career.
`I'm really glad I could sign a deal with this club,' Hasek told
a news conference Tuesday. `It's a club where I spent the most
years. I've never even thought I could play for any other club in
the Czech Republic. I'm looking forward to the next season.'
The announcement comes less than a year after Hasek retired
following winning the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings for
the second time in June.
Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in 1983, he joined the NHL in
the 1990-1991 season and won 389 games with the Red Wings, Ottawa
Senators, Buffalo Sabres and the Blackhawks. He was a six-time
Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL's top goaltender and two-time Hart
Trophy winner as the league's most valuable player.
Hasek played two games for Pardubice during the 2004-05 lockout
season.

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