Jim Dowd

Jim Dowd
Date of birth	December 25, 1968
place of birth	Brick Township , New Jersey , USA
size	184 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1987 , 8th lap, 149th position New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1983-1987	Brick Township Green Dragons
1987-1991	Lake Superior State University
1991-1995	New Jersey Devils
1995-1996	Vancouver Canucks
1996-1997	Utah grizzlies
1997-1998	Saint John Flames
1998-1999	Hamilton Bulldogs
1999-2000	Edmonton Oilers
2000-2004	Minnesota Wild
2004-2005	Hamburg Freezers
2005-2006	Chicago Blackhawks
2006	Colorado Avalanche
2006-2007	New Jersey Devils
2007-2008	Philadelphia Flyers

James Thomas "Jim" Dowd (born December 25, 1968 in Brick Township , New Jersey ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 827 games 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 in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied. Dowd celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the New Jersey Devils when he won the Stanley Cup in 1995 .

Career

The 1.83 m tall center began his career on the Lake Superior State University team in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association before he was selected in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft as 149th in the eighth round of the Devils.

After graduating from college, the right-shooter played for the Utica Devils , a New Jersey farm team 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 domestic player who had ever played for the team from East Rutherford in the highest American professional league. Dowd also spent most of the following three seasons in the AHL, first in Utaca, then later with the Albany River Rats , the New Jersey Devils' new farm team. After good performances there, the American was part of the Devils' regular team for the next season , but due to the lockout this season and a shoulder injury, Dowd only played 21 games for New Jersey, eleven of them in the play-offs , in which he had two Goals and an assist to the Devils' first Stanley Cup win.

On December 19 of the same year, Jim Dowd was finally transferred to the Hartford Whalers together with a second round pick for the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Jocelyn Lemieux and a 1998 draft pick . On the same day, however, the Whalers exchanged the right-handed shooter with František Kučera for Jeff Brown with the Vancouver Canucks . In Vancouver, however, Dowd completed only 38 games, for the 1996/97 season he moved to the New York Islanders . But during his time in New York, Jim Dowd only played three NHL games, the rest of the time he spent in the IHL farm team of the Islanders, the Utah Grizzlies , and with the Saint John Flames in the AHL. On July 10, 1997, the striker finally signed a free agent contract with the Calgary Flames .

On June 27, 1998, the Flames transferred Dowd to the Nashville Predators , but for the second time in his career the player was transferred without having played a game, so that he was on the payroll of the Edmonton Oilers at the beginning of the 1998/99 season . In his first season in Canada, Dowd only played one NHL game and spent the rest of the time with the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League. After a second season with more frequent NHL appearances, Dowd was selected in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft by the newly formed Minnesota Wild , for which he was on the ice for four years. After a year with the Montréal Canadiens Dowd signed a contract with the Hamburg Freezers during the 2004/05 lockout season , after a year in the DEL he returned to the United States to begin a commitment with the Chicago Blackhawks .

After a few games with the Colorado Avalanche , Jim Dowd returned to the New Jersey Devils on November 2, 2006, for him Dan LaCouture was transferred to Colorado. For the 2007/08 season Dowd moved to the Philadelphia Flyers . In the summer of 2008 he ended his career.

Achievements and Awards

1988 CCHA Championship with Lake Superior State University 1988 NCAA Division I Championship with Lake Superior State University 1990 CCHA Second All-Star Team 1990 NCAA West Second All-American Team 1991 CCHA Championship with Lake Superior State University

1991 CCHA Player of the Year 1991 CCHA First All-Star-Team 1991 NCAA West First All-American team 1995 Stanley Cup win with the New Jersey Devils

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1987/88	Lake Superior State University	NCAA		45	18th	27	45	16
1988/89	Lake Superior State University	NCAA		46	24	35	59	40
1989/90	Lake Superior State University	NCAA		46	25th	67	92	30th
1990/91	Lake Superior State University	NCAA		44	24	54	78	53
1991/92	Utica Devils	AHL		78	17th	42	59	47		4th	2	2	4th	4th
1991/92	New Jersey Devils	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Utica Devils	AHL		78	27	45	72	62		5	1	7th	8th	10
1992/93	New Jersey Devils	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Albany River Rats	AHL		58	26th	37	63	76		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	New Jersey Devils	NHL		15th	5	10	15th	0		19th	2	6th	8th	8th
1994/95	New Jersey Devils	NHL		10	1	4th	5	0		11	2	1	3	8th
1995/96	New Jersey Devils	NHL		28	4th	9	13	17th		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		38	1	6th	7th	6th		1	0	0	0	0
1996/97	Utah grizzlies	IHL		48	10	21st	31	27		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Saint John Flames	AHL		24	5	11	16	18th		5	1	2	3	0
1996/97	New York Islanders	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Saint John Flames	AHL		35	8th	30th	38	20th		19th	3	13	16	10
1997/98	Calgary Flames	NHL		48	6th	8th	14th	12		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		51	15th	29	44	82		11	3	6th	9	8th
1999/00	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		69	5	18th	23	45		5	2	1	3	4th
2000/01	Minnesota Wild	NHL		68	7th	22nd	29	80		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Minnesota Wild	NHL		82	13	30th	43	54		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Minnesota Wild	NHL		78	8th	17th	25th	31		15th	0	2	2	0
2003/04	Minnesota Wild	NHL		55	4th	20th	24	38		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		14th	3	2	5	6th		11	0	2	2	2
2004/05	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		20th	4th	9	13	12		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		60	3	12	15th	38		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		18th	2	1	3	2		9	2	3	5	20th
2006/07	New Jersey Devils	NHL		66	4th	4th	8th	20th		11	0	0	0	4th
2007/08	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		73	5	5	10	41		17th	1	2	3	4th
NCAA overall				181	91	183	274	139
AHL total				324	98	194	292	305		44	10	30th	40	32
IHL total				48	10	21st	31	27		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				728	71	168	239	390		99	9	17th	26th	50
DEL total				20th	4th	9	13	12		-	-	-	-	-

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Jim Dowd at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Jim Dowd at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Jim Dowd at hockeydb.com (English)