He also helped to inspire an opera (titled "Nagano") about the Czech team's gold medal victory,and in 2003, Petr Pravec and Lenka Šarounová named an asteroid (8217 Dominikhašek) in his honour.
Proti kanadski reprezentanci je Hašek ubranil kazenske strele hokejistov Theoren Fleury, Ray Bourque, Joe Nieuwendyk, Eric Lindros in Brendan Shanahan v dramatični končnici tekme.