Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Disemba 19, 1995, ihe na-erughị ọnwa isii mgbe o nyechara ndị Devils aka inweta iko Stanley, a gbanwere Dowd (ya na onye ọzọ na-agba bọl)
1997 nke abụọ-gburugburu draft) na Hartford Whalers na mgbanwe maka Jocelyn Lemieux na nke abụọ-gburugburu na 1998. Ka oge na-aga n'otu ụbọchị ahụ, Hartford gbanwere Dowd (n'akụkụ František Kučera na otu nhọrọ nke abụọ na 1997) na Vancouver Canucks iji gbanwere Jeff Brown na nke ise na 1998. Dowd ga-egwu naanị egwuregwu 38 oge oge na otu egwuregwu egwuregwu maka Canucks.