Talk:1963-64 NHL season

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[edit] Bobby Baun

Either this article or the Baun article (ideally both) should be rephrased in such a way to indicate that the extent of Baun's injury (that it was a broken ankle) was not made known to the public (nor apparently known by anyone, including Baun) until after the playoffs were concluded. Having just seen the original CBC broadcast tonight on APTN of game 6, I can say that Baun was taken off the ice on a stretcher with nobody really knowing the extent of the injury (see my comment on the Baun talkpage), with the announcers astonished to see Baun back on the ice later in the period (when he's taken off they assert with confidence that his game is done). In the post-game interview with Baun, the injury takes precedence over the goal, with Baun suspecting that he has a pinched nerve, and seeming pretty confident that the injury is minor. While there may have been rumours to the contrary, nobody knew Baun's ankle was broken until after the series was over - probably my favourite detail of the whole incident. While the current phrasing may be technically correct, it fails to deliver the most amazing part of the story: Baun's desire to win trumped the excruitating (sp?) pain in his leg such that it never occurred to him that his leg was even broken. Wencer 06:22, 30 July 2006 (UTC)