Ice hockey-NHL great Hasek wins Czech league title at 45

PRAGUE, April 22 | Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:38pm EDT

PRAGUE, April 22 (Reuters) - Twice Stanley Cup winner Dominik Hasek, 45, won the Czech ice-hockey league title on Thursday with the club where he started his career.

Hasek came out of retirement last year to play for Pardubice who swept past Vitkovice 4-0 in overtime to win the Czech final. The former netminder retired from the NHL in 2008 after landing the Stanley Cup for the second time with the Detroit Red Wings.

Hasek posted three shutouts for Pardubice, who are based 100-km (62.5-miles) east of the capital Prague, in the playoffs en route to the final.

The goalie led Czech Republic to the gold medal at the 1998 Olympics.

Hasek, the six-times winner of the NHL's Vezina Trophy for the best netminder, also claimed two league titles with Pardubice in 1987 and 1989.

(Editing by Tony Jimenez. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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