Stu Cowan

@StuCowan1 · Montreal · joined 13 Mar 2012

Sports columnist at Montreal Gazette, host of weekly Hockey Inside/Out Show talking about Canadiens and a regular guest on The Sick Podcast with Tony Marinaro.

34 072Followers

1 831Following

117 579Posts total

21.1KViews on collected posts

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Stu Cowan@StuCowan121 Sep

THIS DATE IN #HABS HISTORY Sept. 21, 1992: Bob Gainey was inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame. He won five Stanley Cups during his 16 seasons with Canadiens and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1979. He also won Selke Trophy at NHL's top defensive forward four times. ht

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Stu Cowan@StuCowan121 Sep

@StuCowan1 Not to bash the *horrible* Maple Leafs, but Montreal came out like they have been playing all summer. Great passing, checking, playmaking and goaltending. All in control and just beautiful NHL hockey to watch. @CanadiensMTL 20 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Stu Cowan@StuCowan121 Sep

@StuCowan1 Looking at the tsn website headlines this morning I'd have thought the Leafs won both those games if i hadn't already known better. 63 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Stu Cowan@StuCowan121 Sep

@StuCowan1 Interviewed him in studio once. Told him I wasVAN fan growing up and my dad aMTL fan. VAN didn’t beat MTL during the season until ‘78 - almost 40 games. Few weeks later get an autographed glossy in the mail and a note apologizing for the problems he caused with my dad 297 views · 17 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Stu Cowan@StuCowan120 Sep

@StuCowan1 Thanks for reposting this story. I grew up first idolizing Jean Beliveau and then upon his retirement, it was Guy that captured my heart. I can’t imagine there ever being another player that will equal their stature in Le blue, blanc et rouge 104 views · 4 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Stu Cowan@StuCowan120 Sep

@StuCowan1 I was amazed by him. He was the coolest person I ever saw, but in that he was genuine, kind, gracious, and gregarious. He was like the down to earth legend you could hang out with. 111 views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Stu Cowan@StuCowan120 Sep

THIS DATE IN #HABS HISTORY Sept. 20, 1991: The Canadiens traded Stéphane Richer and Tom Chorske to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Kirk Muller and goalie Roland Melanson. The Habs would go on to win Stanley Cup in 1993 and the Devils won it in 1995. https://t.co/JmjHZpRmO1

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Stu Cowan@StuCowan120 Sep

Today would have been Guy Lafleur's 75th birthday. Gone but never forgotten, RIP, Flower. Here's column I wrote following his death four years ago. #Habs: https://t.co/qVI2wp0L0e 6.3K views · 319 likes · 27 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

Stu Cowan@StuCowan120 Sep

My column on the Canadiens starting the preseason with not one, but two wins over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. The Xhekaj brothers had a physical impact for #Habs on both games: https://t.co/gVnyzq0UZd 4K views · 48 likes · 6 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Stu Cowan@StuCowan120 Sep

Cole Caufield scores winner in OT for #Habs off give-and-go with Lane Hutson. 3.7K views · 117 likes · 5 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

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10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views1 696this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.98%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %3.32%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 696	924	1.84×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.98%	3.62%	1.38×
Engagement rate	3.32%	1.52%	2.18×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

3.7K20 Sep

6.3K

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111

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29721 Sep

3.4K

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.35%20 Sep

1.40%

5.65%

1.36%

3.60%

4.81%

5.72%21 Sep

0.00%

3.29%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes88.1%643 in total

Reposts7.0%51 in total

Replies2.7%20 in total

Quotes0.5%4 in total

Bookmarks1.6%12 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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