Kyle Baun (born May 4, 1992) is a former

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professional

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who was last under contract to the

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of the

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(EBEL). Baun played in the

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(NHL) with the

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and is the grandson of former

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player

Bobby Baun Robert Neil Baun (September 9, 1936 – August 14, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for 17 seasons from 1956 to 1973. His nickname was "Boomer". Playing career Baun played junior ...

Playing career

After a

minor junior league career with the Toronto Jr. Canadiens 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

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on April 7, 2015. During the 2015–16 season, on March 3, 2016, while with AHL affiliate, the

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, Baun agreed to a two-year contract extension with the Blackhawks. Approaching his third professional season in 2017–18, the

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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

, along with

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, in exchange for

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and a second-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. 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

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. After a season with the

of the

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(EBEL), Baun retired from hockey.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baun, Kyle 1992 births Living people Belfast Giants players Canadian ice hockey forwards Chicago Blackhawks players Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey players Laval Rocket players Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players Ice hockey people from Toronto Toronto Marlies players Vienna Capitals players Undrafted National Hockey League players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Northern Ireland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria 21st-century Canadian sportsmen