Easton (Cowboy) Cowan’s family and friends in London are saddling up for an equidistant ride in opposite directions in case he makes his National Hockey League debut this weekend.

Maybe it’s Saturday night in Detroit or Monday back in Toronto against the same Red Wings as they await word on pointing the posse east or west.

“If I find out I’m in, I’ll have about 20 or 30 people there,” Cowan said after practice on Friday, adding a quip that “(Detroit) might be better with all the traffic.”

Coach Craig Berube is not tipping his hand as Cowan spent a second workout alternating with Calle Jarnkrok on the fourth line’s right side with centre Nicolas Roy and Steven Lorentz.

The logical path for Cowan is to go Monday, an emotion-fueled home game and the start of a back-to-back where he could

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