Jeff Cowan Jeff Cowan ( born September 27 , 1976 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently a left winger playing for the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . Playing career . After coming out of junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League , Cowan was not drafted in the NHL Entry Draft ; he was signed by the Calgary Flames on 2 October 1995 . He would play for the Flames ' minor league affiliates ( the Roanoke Express of the ECHL and the Saint John Flames of the AHL ) for the next few years , before making Calgary ' s roster in the 1999 – 2000 NHL season . He would play for the Flames for two seasons before being traded with Kurtis Foster to the Atlanta Thrashers for Petr Buzek on 18 December 2001 . In 2003 – 04 , his third season with the Thrashers , Cowan was enjoying a career year , scoring 9 goals and 24 points through 58 games . However , he was once again traded on 9 March 2004 , to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Kip Brennan . He finished the season with a career - high 11 goals , 16 assists and 27 points . On 30 December 2006 , the Kings placed Cowan on waivers and was subsequently claimed by the Vancouver Canucks . Towards the end of his first season with Vancouver , Cowan rose to brief prominence , scoring an unexpected 6 goals in 4 games . During that span , a bra was thrown on the ice after his second goal of the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning , coining the moniker " Cowan the Bra - barian " . The unique celebration was popularized among fans and in response , the entire Canucks team signed a bra that was auctioned to raise money for breast cancer research . As the Canucks entered the playoffs as the third seed , Cowan scored the first playoff goal of his NHL career in game one of the second round against the Anaheim Ducks . The following game , he scored the game - winning overtime goal to tie the series 1 - 1 . Vancouver was , however , defeated in five games by Anaheim . Before the start of the 2007 – 08 season , Cowan was re - signed by the Canucks to a two - year , $ 1 . 45 - million contact extension . However , Cowan failed to build on the momentum he had drawn the previous campaign . He was injured early in the season , suffering a strained hip flexor on October 13 , 2007 , following a fight with the Oilers ' Zack Stortini . Shortly after he returned , he was re - injured in a December 9 game against the Pittsburgh Penguins , separating his shoulder on a hit from enforcer Georges Laraque . Cowan finished the season with just 1 assist in 46 games . Shortly before the 2008 – 09 season , he was put on waivers and cleared . Instead of being assigned to the Canucks ' AHL affiliate , the Manitoba Moose , he was sent to the Peoria Rivermen as the Moose had already met their five NHL veteran maximum . On April 30 , 2009 Cowan was recalled from Peoria for the Canucks ' 2009 playoff run . On August 20 , 2009 , Cowan signed a one - year contract with the Buffalo Sabres . On December 17 , 2010 , The Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League ( Toronto Maple Leafs affiliate ) signed Jeff Cowan to a professional try - out contract . On August 12 , 2011 , Cowan signed a one - year contract to play with the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL .