Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waZvita 19, 1995, isingasviki mwedzi mitanhatu mushure mekubatsira maDhiabhorosi kutora Stanley Cup, Dowd akatengeswa (pamwe chete nesarudzo yechipiri yegore ra1997) kuHartford Whalers mukutsinhana naJocelyn Lemieux uye sarudzo yechipiri yegore ra1998
. Gare gare zuva iroro, Hartford vakatengesa Dowd (pamwe František Kučera uye chete wechipiri-kutenderera sarudza muna 1997) kuna Vancouver Canucks mukutsinhana Jeff Brown uye wechishanu-kutenderera sarudza muna 1998. Dowd aizotamba mitambo 38 chete yemwaka wenguva dzose uye mutambo mumwe chete weplayoff weCanucks.