Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waDecember 19, 1995, mwedzi isingasviki mitanhatu pashure pokubatsira maDhiabhorosi kutora Stanley Cup, Dowd akatengeswa (pamwe chete nomutambo wegore ra1997 wechipiri wokusarudza) kuHartford Whalers mukutsinhana naJocelyn Lemieux uye mutambo wechipiri wokusarudza mu
Gore ra 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.