Dandy Dominik
Hasek does it all to lead World Team to skills title
Posted: Sunday January 24, 1999 01:57 AM
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Dominating in more ways than one: Hasek was the only goaltender to score in the Goalies Goal competition AP |
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Peter Bondra was the fastest skater by the
slimmest of margins and Dominik Hasek scored and protected
the net to lead the World All-Stars to victory Saturday night in
the NHL SuperSkills Challenge.
Hasek stopped five of six shots in the final round of the
night-closing Breakaway Relay event to enable his team to hold off
the North American All-Stars 13-11 at the Ice Palace.
Earlier, Hasek was the only goaltender to score in the Goalies
Goal competition, lifting the puck over a barrier in front his own
net and sending it into the goal at the other end of the ice on the
second of his two attempts.
"I'm surprised I won the competition," the Buffalo Sabres star
said, adding that he used what he described as a double-curved
stick. "I was surprised I hit the net. Usually it takes me five or
six."
None of the other five goalies in the competition scored,
although Carolina's Arturs Irbe and Nikolai Khabibulin of Phoenix --
both of the world team -- hit the post on at least one of their
attempts.
Dallas' Ed Belfour came closest to scoring for North America,
hitting the right post on his second attempt.
Hasek may have considered his shot lucky, but others have come
to expect such things from him. The only goal he allowed in the
last round of the Breakaway Relay came on a rebound shot by
Philadlephia's Eric Lindros.
"Nothing that he does surprises me," Anaheim's Teemu Selanne
said.
Washington's Bondra circled the ice in 14.64 seconds to beat San
Jose's Marco Sturm by one-hundredth of a second for fastest skater.
Al MacInnis, of St. Louis, won the hardest shot event (98.5 mph), edging Philadelphia's John LeClair (98.3 mph).
The world team won the Rapid Fire event, allowing five goals
while scoring seven against North American goalies. Boston
defenseman Ray Bourque was first in the accurate shooter
competition, sharing the top spot with
Keith Tkachuk and Jeremy Roenick of Phoenix.
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