Jeff Cowan
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| Position | Left Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Nickname(s) | Bra-Man[1] C-Cup[2] Cowan the Brabarian[3] Cowboy[3] Holy Cow![4] Holy Cow-an[5] Hooter Shooter[3] Milkman[6] |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg/14 st 0 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Vancouver Canucks Calgary Flames Atlanta Thrashers Los Angeles Kings |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | September 27, 1976 , Scarborough, ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Pro career | 1996 – present |
Jeff Cowan (born September 27, 1976 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a left winger currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL. He is considered to be a grinder.
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[edit] Playing career
After coming out of junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League, Cowan was not not drafted in the NHL Entry Draft; he was signed by the Calgary Flames on 2 October 2005. He would play for the Flames' minor league affiliates (the Roanoke Express of the ECHL and the Saint John Flames of the American Hockey League) for the next few years, before making the NHL club in the 1999–00 NHL season. He would play for the Flames for two seasons before being traded with Kurtis Foster to the Atlanta Thrashers for Petr Buzek on 18 December 2001. After a few years with the Thrashers, he was once again traded on 9 March 2004 to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Kip Brennan.
On 30 December 2006, the Kings placed Cowan on waivers and was subsequently claimed by the Vancouver Canucks. On 6 March 2006, in a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, a bra was thrown on the ice after his second goal of the evening, which was his second consecutive two-goal game and his fifth goal in three games. According to interviews on the Team 1040, this was the first time it had ever happened in an NHL hockey game[citation needed]. The event name is now known as the "Brasserie Cheer", and with Towel Power, the Canucks are the creators of two sports phenomena.
The next day, the station held a contest to find a nickname for Cowan. The winning entry was Cowan the Brabarian, although many other notables are still used by fans. One of them, Milkman, is a fan favorite. When Cowan is placed in a line with Brendan Morrison and Matt Cooke, it would be nicknamed Mo', Milk and Cookies,[6] thanks to Morrison's and Cooke's nicknames.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1993-94 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1994-95 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 51 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1995-96 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 66 | 38 | 14 | 52 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1996–97 | Roanoke Express | ECHL | 47 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996–97 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 69 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 1998–99 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 71 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 1999–00 | Saint John Flames | AHL | 47 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 77 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 51 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 74 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001–02 | Calgary Flamers | NHL | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001–02 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 38 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002–03 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 115 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 58 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 68 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 46 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 73 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006–07 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006–07 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 42 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 93 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | ||
| 2007-08 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 110 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 413 | 47 | 34 | 81 | 695 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | ||||
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Canucks.com. Game Log - GLOG @ Coyotes.
- ^ Alanah, Canucksandbeyond.com. C-Cup Podcasting.
- ^ a b c Gordon McIntyre, The Province. Cowboy in a man-ssiere?.
- ^ poke_check, TSN.ca. Holy Cow! =P 5 goals in 3 games for Cowan... impressive....
- ^ Brad Zeimer, Vancouver Sun. SlapShots - Wild Times.
- ^ a b Yoda, Takethepiss.com. Jeff Cowan? Who is this Jeff Cowan guy?.
