Team USA Player Completely Disrespects Leafs' Easton Cowan After He Costs Team Canada The Game

During the Team Canada and USA World Juniors game yesterday, Leafs top prospect Easton Cowan took a bad penalty and subsequently got completely disrespected.

Pitting Team Canada against Team USA, longtime rivals, versus one another in the rare, Arctic air-tight setting that is the World Junior Championship always leads to memorable moments.

Last night, the United States smoothly sailed its way to a commanding 4-1 victory in what most have chalked up as the biggest non-medal game of the tournament.

The game was tight at 2-1 in favor of the U.S., with goals from Cole Hutson and Danny Nelson for Team USA and Bradly Nadeau for Canada.

However, an ill-disciplined and costly penalty taken by Leafs' top prospect Easton Cowan late in the game put Canada a man short and gave Team USA the critical power-play opportunity it needed.

On that power play, Cole Eiserman, the New York Islanders' 2024 first-round draft pick, cashed in to beat Canadian goalie and LA Kings prospect Carter George.

Cole Eiserman celebrated by getting in Easton Cowan's face, letting him know he'd just swung momentum with his penalty.

The rough night for Cowan continued as a key giveaway in the defensive end with an empty net turned out to be the difference-maker in letting the U.S. seal the 4-1 victory. Fans will no doubt be all over him for this play, as they did earlier in the tournament.

Both Canada and the U.S. will be heading into the elimination rounds where things get even more intense.

Discipline is going to be the key for Canada moving forward. A repeat of this performance, or their earlier struggle against Latvia, and they'll leave this tournament empty-handed.

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