Senators defenceman Jared Cowen mum on being benched

Ottawa Senators defenceman Jared Cowen (2) won the hardest shot competition during the annual Sens Skills competition at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ont. on Thursday December 31, 2015. Errol McGihon/Ottawa Sun/Postmedia NetworkJared Cowen was understandably beaming after winning the hardest shot competition in the Senators skills contest Thursday, but he did not have a whole lot to say about coach Dave Cameron's decision to make him a healthy scratch the night before.

The towering defenceman, a 2009 first-round pick who saw a career low 9:28 of ice time against the Bruins Tuesday, was shuttled to the press box for Wednesday's game against the Devils as Cameron elected to give Binghamton…