Jim Dowd (ice hockey)
James Thomas "Jim" Dowd ( born December 25, 1968 in Brick Township New Jersey ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who, during his active career, among others, for the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders, Calgary Flames Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche and Philadelphia flyers played in the National Hockey League.
Career
The 1.83 m wide center began his career in the team of the Lake Superior State University in the play mode of the NCAA before he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1987 as 149th in the eighth round by the Devils.
After graduating from college, played the right shooter for the Utica Devils, a farm team of New Jersey in the American Hockey League. When he made his NHL debut for the New Jersey Devils during the 1991/92 season, he was the first local player who has ever been run for the team from East Rutherford in the highest American professional league. Also, most of the following three seasons spent Dowd in the AHL, first in Utaca, then later at the Albany River Rats, the new farm team of the New Jersey Devils. After good performances there, the Americans already belonged in the next season to the root cadres of the Devils, due to the lockout this season, as well as a shoulder injury graduated Dowd, however, only 21 games for New Jersey, which, however, eleven in the play-offs, in which two goals and an assist for the first Stanley Cup victory for the Devils helped.
On 19 December the same year Jim Dowd was eventually transferred together with a second-round pick for the NHL Entry Draft in 1997 in exchange for Jocelyn Lemieux and a 1998 - draft pick to the Hartford Whalers. But on the same day, the Whalers traded the right-handed shooters with František Kučera turn against Jeff Brown with the Vancouver Canucks. In Vancouver, however, Dowd graduated only 38 games for the season 1996/97 he moved to the New York Islanders. However, during his time in New York denied Jim Dowd again only three NHL games, the rest of the time he spent IHL farm team of Islanders, the. Utah Grizzlies, as well as in the Saint John Flames of the AHL On 10 July 1997, the striker finally signed a contract as a free agent with the Calgary Flames.
On 27 June 1998, the Flames Dowd transferred to the Nashville Predators, but for the second time in his career, the player was transferred further to have denied without an insert, so that he stood at the beginning of the season 1998/99 on the payroll of the Edmonton Oilers. In his first season in Canada Dowd graduated only one NHL game and spent the rest of the time with the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League, according to a second season with more frequent NHL inserts Dowd was the NHL Expansion Draft 2000 newly founded by the Minnesota Wild selected, for which he was on the ice for four years. After a year with the Montreal Canadiens Dowd signed during the 2004/ 05 lockout season a contract with the Hamburg Freezers, DEL after a year he returned to the United States back to an engagement with the Chicago Blackhawks to start.
After a few games with the Colorado Avalanche Jim Dowd returned on November 2, 2006 Back to the New Jersey Devils, for him Dan Lacouture was transferred to Colorado. For the season 2007/ 08 Dowd moved to the Philadelphia Flyers. In the summer of 2008, he finished his career.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )