Legendary NHL goalie Dominik Hasek claims former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev 'threatened to kill me'

Dominik Hasek has been outspoken astir Russia's penetration connected Ukraine, and it's people received blowback from leaders of the country.

But it's gotten to the constituent wherever the legendary NHL goalie has said that erstwhile Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has issued decease threats against him.

Hasek, who presently resides successful the Czech Republic, said successful an X station that helium sent "official letters" to some officials astatine the International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation to "inform them that…Medvedev threatened to termination me."

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Detroit Red Wings goalie Dominik Hasek (39) makes the halt during the archetypal play of the crippled against the Chicago Black Hawks astatine Joe Louis Arena.  (Leon Halip-USA TODAY Sports)

"Furthermore, among different things, I constituent retired however important their decisions volition beryllium successful the coming months and again connection assistance successful creating rules truthful that sports competitions are not an advertisement for the Russian warfare and radical bash not dice due to the fact that of them," Hasek said. "I see some letters precise important not lone for the IOC and IIHF, but for the full sports and besides non-sports community. Therefore, I volition people them successful a fewer days."

Medvedev, who is presently lawman caput of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, said done his adjunct that Hasek suffered from "Russophobia," should beryllium cautious portion crossing roads and should not portion brew successful unverified places.

Hasek has been a vocal professional of the warfare and the information of Russian athletes astatine planetary competitions and leagues, including the NHL, saying that lone promotes the warfare against Ukraine and enables quality suffering.

Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hasek of the Buffalo Sabres is introduced during ceremonies to discontinue his fig 39 earlier their crippled against the Detroit Red Wings connected January 13, 2015 astatine the First Niagara Center successful Buffalo, New York.   (Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)

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Shortly aft the invasion, Hasek advocated for the NHL and Olympics to prohibition Russians from playing, unless they spoke against the war. Recently, arsenic Alex Ovechkin was en way to breaking Wayne Gretzky's extremity record, helium called Ovechkin, a longtime protagonist of Putin, a "huge advertisement for the assertive Russian warfare and different Russian crimes."

In a aboriginal station written successful Russian, Hasek thanked those who enactment him.

"I would similar to convey everyone, without exception, who supported maine aft the repeated threats from erstwhile Russian President Medvedev. I admit it precise much. It besides gives maine spot to proceed this precise important work, the main intent of which is to prevention quality lives. His words are contempt for quality beingness and I americium precise gladsome that you condemn specified actions. Thanks again," helium posted.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said connected X that specified threats are "absolutely unacceptable." He added that they were not astonishing but cannot beryllium ignored due to the fact that Medvedev is not a backstage person.

"Medvedev is erstwhile again behaving arsenic a primitive," Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said Wednesday. "This clip attacking NHL fable Dominik Hasek simply for speaking the information -- the information astir Russia's warfare and the misuse of sports successful promoting it. Such intimidation whitethorn beryllium mean successful Putin's Russia, not successful the civilized world!"

Jan 13, 2015; Buffalo, NY, USA;  Buffalo Sabres erstwhile goalie Dominik Hasek waves to the assemblage arsenic helium takes the crystal during his ceremonial to get his fig retired anterior to a crippled against the Detroit Red Wings astatine First Niagara Center.  (Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports)

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In his comments connected the record, Medvedev said that Hasek's termination tin beryllium expected.

Hasek was a six-time NHL All-Star and Vezina Award winner. He won 2 Stanley Cups during his career.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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