IT’S JUST A FLESH WOUND

Baun’s remarkable return from a broken leg to score OT-winner led to Leafs’ third consecutive Cup

Bmany shots in his OBBY BAUN BLOCKED b1u7t-yeoanre NinHLpacartrieceur-, lar immortalized him in hockey history and Maple Leafs lore. StaIntlewyasCGuapmfein6al.ofTthhee L1e9a6f4s were seeking their third straight title but trailed the RwedreWtiendgs33-3-2inintthee tsheiridespaenridod. Baun dug in against Gordie Howe on a faceoff. Earlier in the spheoritodo,ffBahuisn rhiagdhttalkeegn, faraHcotuwreihnegaitt,eumnpbteekdnotownwsitntothheimdr.aAws, his bleofdt yskwaeteighelteovnatethde, pburottkineng right leg. “I just heard a snap and it caved in underneath me,” BaBunausnaitdu.mbled to the ice and Hwiassficrasrtriqeudesotfifonontoa tshteremtcehdeir-. cal staff was, “Can I hurt myself anyd mBoaruen?” iTnhsteaanntlsywekrnwewas tnhoe, next steps: freeze it, tape it and get back out there. “Pain never pbolatyhedrefdivemyeeamruscwhi,”thhea bsaroidk.e“nI necBkauand rdeidtunr’tnkednowbeifto.”re the eondthoef tbhentchhirtdopsetarirotdovaenrdtiwmaes, etaoxftternraurmfercbaemihveis,ngBleamgu.onEreianritlneyjrecicentpiotehndes aoncel-etaimrinegr fartotmemtphte aringdhtfipreodinta. The puck glanced off the stick aonf dWsninugcsk pDa-smt aTnerrByilSlawGcahdusbky. cemTheenteledgein dGaomf eG7a.mBeau6n wlaaids low at a friend’s farm for the fiocritnwgohdisaylesg,btehtewneseknatgeadmoeust, Game 7 to the astonishment of the home crowd. Injected with painkillers, Baun was instrumLeeanfstatlhienCau4p-.0 win to clinch the