From puck-stopper to show-stopper, Leafs’ Joseph Woll shines on piano

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Joseph Woll might be injured but he continues to be a key contributor for the Maple Leafs.

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Or should we say a keys contributor.

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The 25-year-old goaltender has been on the mend since suffering a high-ankle sprain on Dec. 7 and he isn’t expected to return to game action until well after the NHL all-star break, slated for next weekend in Toronto.

Still, Woll looked to be in good spirits as he tickled the ivory during the team’s ‘A Night with Blue and White’ fundraiser gala on Thursday night in support of the MLSE Foundation.

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Video footage circulating on social media showed Woll dressed in his finest suit and going to town on the piano.

Woll served up a rendition of Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar theme music — and made it look easy, too.

“Call him the Piano Man! @MapleLeafs Joseph Woll dazzles on the keys,” a post from the @MLSEFoundation said on social-media site X.

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The reactions were swift, as is the norm with anything Leafs-related.

“Goalies are different … (also, awesome), wrote one person on X.

“This guy is too elite,” another wrote.

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