All good things must come to an end, and mercifully for the rest of the OHL, Easton Cowan’s historic regular season point streak was broken this past week. For the first time in 65 games and nearly 15 months, Cowan failed to register a point in a regular season contest when his London Knights picked up a 3-1 victory over the Peterborough Petes on Friday night.

Cowan’s production this season hasn’t been quite up to par with the explosive pace he scored at last season, but he is still having a great season in the OHL, and what he’s done over the last year and a bit is remarkable. Over the course of his 65-game regular-season point streak – which was only disrupted by a pair of OHL playoff games, one in last year’s Memorial Cup, and a couple of underwhelming showings at the World Juniors – Cowan put up 43 goals and 65 assists. That’s a pace of nearly 1.7 points per game for more than a full calendar year, playing in arguably the best junior hockey league on the planet.

Maybe former director of amateur scouting Wes Clark and his team saw this coming when they selected Cowan at the end of the first round in 2023, but they were in the minority if they did. With all that he’s accomplished since then, it’s easy to forget that Cowan was a bit of an off-the-board selection at that point in the draft, and the pick was labelled as a reach by most prospect analysts at the time. Known more for his energetic style of play, he was projected as something of a safer pick who represented a high floor as a bottom-six forward at the NHL level, but Cowan’s offensive outburst has elevated his status in the Leafs’ prospect pipeline and around the league.

Less than two years after he was drafted, Cowan is now considered among the top young players outside the NHL, and he is the Leafs’ unquestioned number-one prospect. With the pressure of maintaining his point streak now behind him, Cowan can put all of his focus toward leading the Knights to another OHL Championship and a shot at redemption in the Memorial Cup this spring before he begins his pro career next fall.

Notes from the rest of the prospect pool:

Ben Danford busted a four-game scoreless streak with an assist in Wednesday’s blowout win over the Ottawa 67s, and he followed that up with another helper in Friday’s rematch. Danford certainly hasn’t lit the world on fire from the back end for the Oshawa Generals with just 19 points in 45 games this season, but his production has picked up in recent weeks, and so has his defensive impact. Danford has the tools to be a bigger offensive contributor, but he is still working to put it all together while continuing to polish his defensive game.

#Leafs prospect Ben Danford with a nice play that earned him primary assist last night. He's up to 18 points in 45 games this season, with tracking data looks better than the production does. Plays like this are an indication of some offensive ability that just isn't leading to points consistently.

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Artur Akhtyamov has come back down to earth a bit after an outstanding start to his AHL career earlier this season, but he had a second consecutive strong outing in a shootout loss to Laval on Saturday. He stopped 28 of the 30 shots he faced in regulation and overtime, bumping his save percentage for the season up to .902 and knocking his GAA down to 2.70 through 18 appearances.

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It was another productive week for Lethbridge Hurricanes captain Noah Chadwick. He scored a goal and added an assist in Friday’s 6-1 victory over Prince Albert, and picked up two more assists in Saturday’s shutout win against the Calgary Hitmen. For the season, Chadwick has posted 11 goals and 30 assists in 48 games.