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Maple Leaf great Johnny Bower dies at 93

This March 9, 2012 file photo shows Hockey Hall of Famer Johnny Bower smiling beneath his name and photo on the "Esso Great Wall" at the Hockey hall of Fame in Toronto. Bower, a beloved former Maple Leaf goalie who helped Toronto win its last Stanley Cup in 1967, has died. He was 93. Bower’s family said in a statement Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017 that he died following a short battle with pneumonia. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

TORONTO — Johnny Bower didn’t even want to come to Toronto. Yet the pint-sized goalie with the big heart became a part of Maple Leafs lore.