We’re a week into the start of the CHL playoffs and NCAA tournament, with the bulk of games happening over the Easter weekend. Rather than trying to make individual updates, I’ll wait to do more complete reports on the major prospects as they finish their playoff runs.
In the meantime, this is just some short updates on how their playoffs are going so far.
Easton Cowan
London played twice over the weekend, winning both games at home and now have a 2-0 series lead. Cowan has three points in the two games – one empty net goal in a 3-0 win for the first game, and two secondary assists on the powerplay in the 6-4 win for game two.
The first game was pretty tight between both games, but London was clearly the better team. They controlled most of the play, they generated most of the chances, and they got the better goaltending. Cowan was good in this game, even if he wasn’t creating as much offense he was very defensively responsible and integral during a full two minute 5 on 3 penalty kill.
Game two was chaos. London was incredibly sloppy in the first period and gave up three quick goals through a combination of awful turnovers and poor discipline leading to powerplays for the other team. Cowan was one of those, with Flint scoring while he was in the box for a high sticking penalty. Cowan also took a roughing penalty later in the game after he and his twin Barkey got into a scrum after the whistle. The open game was better for his offense, though, and he was able to create better chances.
So a good but not spectacular start to his playoffs. Game three heads to Flint for Tuesday at 7 pm EST.
