R I P Bobby Baun. What a hero.

Was so sorry to hear of the death of former Maple Leafs player Bobby Baun. He was 86. The news came out Tuesday. Baun was one of the hockey greats from back in the day when the Leafs were Stanley Cup champions. In April, 1964 the Leafs were in a playoff struggle with the Detroit Red Wings. It was game six in a best of seven series. At one point in the game, Baun stopped a shot by Gordie Howe. The puck hit right leg and a few moments later, Baun fell to the ice. He couldn't put any weight on his leg. It would turn out he had a hairline fracture of the right fibula. Can you imagine the power of a Gordie Howe puck and the pain in stopping that puck? Baun wanted to get back in the game. In the dressing room, they wrapped his leg and gave him an injection to kill the pain. The game was in overtime, a three-three tie. Baun went back on the ice, with a frozen broken leg. Unbelievably, he scored the game winning goal. What a hero. Baun kept his leg on ice for a few days and was back in for game seven. The Leafs dumped the wings 4-0 and won the Stanley Cup!

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