Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana December 19, 1995, isingasviki mwedzi mitanhatu pashure pokubetsera maDhiabhorosi kutora Stanley Cup, Dowd akatengeswa (pamwe chete
1997 yechipiri-kutenderera dhizaini) kuHartford Whalers mukutsinhana naJocelyn Lemieux uye wechipiri-kutenderera sarudzo muna 1998. 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.