- Jeff Cowan
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team =Vancouver Canucks
former_teams =Calgary Flames
Atlanta Thrashers
Los Angeles Kings
league = NHL
position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 210
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1976|9|27
birth_place = Scarborough, ON, CAN
draft = Undrafted
draft_year =
draft_team =
career_start = 1996Jeff Cowan (born
September 27 ,1976 in Scarborough,Ontario ) is a Canadian professionalice hockey player currently playing for thePeoria Rivermen of theAmerican Hockey League and is affiliated with theVancouver Canucks of theNational Hockey League . He is considered to be a grinder.Playing career
After coming out of
junior hockey in theOntario Hockey League , Cowan was not drafted in theNHL Entry Draft ; he was signed by theCalgary Flames on2 October 1995 .citeweb|title=Jeff Cowan - NHL Profile|url=http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8462419&service=page&tab=crst|accessdate=2008-09-19|publisher=National Hockey League ] He would play for the Flames' minor league affiliates (theRoanoke Express of the ECHL and theSaint John Flames of the AHL) for the next few years, before making Calgary's roster in the1999–00 NHL season . He would play for the Flames for two seasons before being traded withKurtis Foster to theAtlanta Thrashers forPetr Buzek on18 December , 2001.In 2003–04, his third season with the Trashers, Cowan was enjoying a career year, scoring 9 goals and 24 points through 58 games. However, he was once again traded on
9 March , 2004, to theLos Angeles Kings in exchange forKip Brennan . He finished the season with a career-high 11 goals, 16 assists and 27 points.On
30 December , 2006, the Kings placed Cowan on waivers and was subsequently claimed by theVancouver Canucks . Towards the end of his first season with Vancouver, Cowan rose to brief prominence, scoring an unexpected 6 goals in 4 games.Citeweb|title=Cowan's not cowed by tough road|url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=d25fd410-756c-4ad8-b6ed-43788157f52e|accessdate=2008-09-19|date=2008-09-18|publisher=The Province ] During that span, a bra was thrown on the ice after his second goal of the game against theTampa Bay Lightning , coining the moniker "Cowan the Bra-barian". The unique celebration was popularized among fans and in response, the entire Canucks team signed a bra that was auctioned to raise money forbreast cancer research. [citeweb|title=Vigneault again caling on Mr. Fix-it|url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=83548cc6-2cf6-4dac-8e09-3528c077ef34|accessdate=2008-10-10|publisher=The Province ]As the Canucks entered the playoffs as the third seed, Cowan scored the first playoff goal of his NHL career in game one of the second round against the
Anaheim Ducks . The following game, he scored the game-winning overtime goal to tie the series 1-1. Vancouver was, however, defeated in five games by Anaheim.Before the start of the 2007–08 season, Cowan was re-signed by the Canucks to a two-year, $1.45-million contact extension. However, Cowan failed to build on the momentum he had drawn the previous campaign. He was injured early in the season, suffering a strained
hip flexor onOctober 13 ,2007 , following a fight with the Oilers'Zack Stortini . Shortly after he returned, he was re-injured in aDecember 9 game against thePittsburgh Penguins , separating his shoulder on a hit from enforcerGeorges Laraque . Cowan finished the season with just 1 assist in 46 games. Shortly before the 2008–09 season, he was put on waivers and cleared. Instead of being assigned to the Canucks' AHL affiliate, theManitoba Moose , he was sent to thePeoria Rivermen as the Moose had already met their five NHL veteran maximum. [citeweb|title=Pettinger, Krog will encounter Cowan in Peoria|url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=c22f30f2-4ef4-4134-8c57-6a23bdd21794|accessdate=2008-10-10|date=2008-10-08|publisher=The Province ]Career statistics
Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.thebrabarian.com TheBrabarian.com - Fansite for Jeff Cowan]
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