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Last year Hasek, 34, did real good, leading the tiny Czech Republic to a gold medal over the All-Star-studded American, Canadian and Russian teams. He has won the Hart Trophy--hockey's MVP award, which is usually reserved for scoring studs--two years running. He's a finalist again this year. Opposing teams scored an average of 1.87 goals per game against him in the regular season, vs. the league average of 2.63. He's known as the "Dominator," which he demonstrated in shutting down the younger, faster and just plain better Ottawa Senators to win the first...
Hasek is unusual in real life too. He has both the sketchy temperament and the Czech wackiness that has caused several teammates to refer to him as Kramer, but he can also be eerily emotionless. Fellow Czech and NHL superstar Jaromir Jagr wears sweater No. 68 in memory of the year the Russians occupied his country. Hasek says beating the Russians in the Olympic finals was no big deal. "The older people in Czech could feel this way, but I did not feel like I was playing against a country that occupied us for many, many years. These last eight...
Jagr, the man the Great One himself hoped could continue the mission? The Czech native simply needs to learn more English before assuming the spotlight...
Jagr, the man the Great One himself hoped could continue the mission? The Czech native simply needs to learn more English before assuming the spotlight...
Consumers responded. Identigene's business has doubled in each of the past five years. This year the company expects to field 67,000 telephone inquiries and conduct 10,000 DNA tests, compared with 650 tests in 1995. It now has offices in Japan, Korea, Brazil and the Czech Republic...