today 19:10 | The Overseas NHL will start next season in early October in Prague with a match between the San Jose Sharks and the Nashville Predators. Most Czech and Slovak hockey fans are already looking forward to this duel, while a tough fight for tickets is again expected. However, Dominik Hašek was critical of this match. The legendary Czech hockey goalkeeper has been a supporter of severe sanctions against all Russian athletes since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Recently, for example, he fully supported the decision of Wimbledon Tennis, which banned both Russian and Belarusian tennis players. Dominik Hašek does not like the fact that both San Jose and Nashville have Russian players on their rosters who, according to Czech hockey legend, should be banned from participating in the announced October match in Prague. Russian striker Alexander Barabanov will wear the “sharks” jersey this season, while Jakov Trenin is in the “predators” team. “If the NHL (given the current situation) wants to allow any Russian hockey player to take part in this match, I will consider this an unjustifiable decision. But if the Russian hockey players still have to take part in this match, I will do everything in my power to prevent this duel from taking place in our country. I will address the government of the Czech Republic, the organizers of this event, as well as potential partners and the general public, “wrote Dominik Hašek on his Twitter account. If that were the case, I would do everything I could to ensure that this match does not take place in our country. I will appeal to the government of the Czech Republic, the event organizers, potential partners and the public.— Dominik Hasek (@hasek_dominik) April 22, 2022 Russian party sharply criticized. The daily Soviet Sport, for example, called him an ordinary Nazi at the beginning of March. Now his former teammate from Spartak Moscow, Nikita Shchitov, who told him on sports.ru: “Do you remember how Valery Kamensky hit him hard in the helmet at the Nagano Olympics, when a piece of it fell off? That obviously affected him. Dominik Hašek was a great player, but he is a lousy man. You simply shouldn’t take his words to heart. If Dominik Hasek is serious about what he says, then let him return the money he earned in Russia during his career. Of course, it is wrong to mix sport with politics. ”