Kyle Baun (born May 4, 1992) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey

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who was last under contract to the Vienna Capitals of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). Baun played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks and is the grandson of former Toronto Maple Leafs player Bobby Baun.

Playing career

After a Canadian minor junior league career with the

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and the

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, Baun opted to pursue a collegiate career in committing with

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of the ECAC conference. Undrafted and upon completing his junior season in Colgate with 29 points in 38 games, earning an ECAC Third All-Star Team selection, Baun was signed to a two-year entry level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL on March 26, 2015. He immediately joined the Blackhawks for the remainder of the 2014–15 season, and later made his NHL debut in a 2-1 defeat to the Minnesota Wild on April 7, 2015. During the 2015–16 season, on March 3, 2016, while with AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, Baun agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Blackhawks. Approaching his third professional season in 2017–18, the Montreal Canadiens acquired Baun from the Blackhawks in exchange for forward

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on October 4, 2017. Later in the season, on February 25, 2018, Baun was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with

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, in exchange for

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, Rinat Valiev and a second-round pick in the

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. As a free agent from the Maple Leafs, on August 1, 2018, Baun left North America and agreed to a deal with UK based,

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side the Belfast Giants. After a season with the Vienna Capitals of the

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(EBEL), Baun retired from hockey.

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