Easton Cowan can go to Ottawa for Canadian junior selection camp next week knowing he has entered uncharted territory.
The Toronto Maple Leafs prospect recorded a point for the 56th game in a row in OHL regular-season play on Friday with the London Knights when he scored midway through the first period against the visiting Oshawa Generals to give his team a 2-0 lead.
Because Cowan’s streak goes over the course of two seasons, it does not put him in the record book. Former Leafs star Doug Gilmour recorded a point 55 games in a row with the Cornwall Royals way back in 1982-83.
Gilmour congratulated Cowan on the new mark.
Cowan likely won’t play another game with the Knights until the new year as he is a virtual lock to play for Canada at the world junior championship.
The OHL’s most valuable player in the regular season and playoffs last season, Cowan, 19 was sent back to London this year by the Leafs because he is not old enough to play with the AHL Marlies. He’s part of a first-place Knights team that had won 19 games in a row heading into Friday night.
Cowan had 14 goals and 13 assists for 27 points in 19 games before Friday’s tilt.
The Leafs picked Cowan in the first round (28th overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft.