Born into a hockey family and named after a hockey stick, the new Leafs prospect will join the team he’s been rooting for his entire life.
He does, after all, come from a farm. He doesn’t ride a horse — the farm has no livestock and grows cash crops, like corn, soybean and wheat.“When he was younger he cut a lot of grass, starting when he was six or so,” says his dad, Chris Cowan. “There was a lot of grass.
Easton’s father even played Junior B before taking up the family farm. And it’s no coincidence his first name is also the first name of a hockey stick brand.,” said Chris Cowan. “We wanted a name that wasn’t a traditional name. You don’t hear a lot of Eastons. We heard a lot of Coopers. We went with Easton and stuck with it.”
“That was pretty cool, it was awesome. I was kind of in shock, really,” said Cowan. “He’s a great player. He competes all over the ice. He’s a great guy. You look up to that.”“He’s a puck hound. His work ethic is impeccable. Good skills,” said Knights GM Mark Hunter. “He strips pucks like Mitch Marner does. I don’t want to mention the same breath that he’s Mitch Marner or anything like that. But he strips, hounds, gets pucks, makes plays.
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