Nic Dowd

Nic Dowd
Date of birth	May 27, 1990
place of birth	Huntsville , Alabama , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	center
number	# 26
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2009 , 7th round, 198th position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
2008	St. Louis Bandits
2008-2009	Wenatchee Wild
2009-2010	Indiana Ice
2010-2014	St. Cloud State University
2014-2015	Manchester monarchs
2015-2016	Ontario Reign
2016-2017	Los Angeles Kings
2017-2018	Vancouver Canucks
since 2018	Washington Capitals

Nicholas "Nic" Dowd (born May 27, 1990 in Huntsville , Alabama ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League since July 2018 and plays for them on the position of the center .

Career

Dowd played during his junior years until 2010 with the St. Louis Bandits and Wenatchee Wild in the North American Hockey League and the Indiana Ice in the United States Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in the seventh round in 198th position by the Los Angeles Kings from the National Hockey League . In the summer of 2010, the striker signed up for St. Cloud State University and until spring 2014 played for the university's ice hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference , both divisions in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations . During this time Dowd received numerous awards, especially for his academic achievements paired with his athletic talent.

In April 2014 Dowd finally signed his first professional contract with the Kings, who first used him with the Manchester Monarchs in the American Hockey League until the spring of 2015 . With the team he won the prestigious Calder Cup at the end of the 2014/15 game year . The following season he spent with Los Angeles' new farm team Ontario Reign . During the 2015-16 season , the striker made his NHL debut for Los Angeles. For the 2016/17 season he established himself in the Kings line-up and received a regular place.

In December 2017, the Kings gave him to the Vancouver Canucks and received Jordan Subban in return . In July 2018, Dowd signed a one-year free agent contract with the Washington Capitals .

Achievements and Awards

2012 WCHA All-Academic Team 2013 WCHA All-Academic Team 2014 NCHC Best Defensive Forward 2014 NCHC First All-Star Team

2014 NCHC Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2014 NCAA West First All-American Team 2015 Calder Cup win with the Manchester Monarchs

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2008/09	St. Louis Bandits	NEAR		3	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Wenatchee Wild	NEAR		43	16	33	49	71		13	8th	14th	22nd	34
2009/10	Indiana Ice	USHL		46	16	23	39	48		9	2	4th	6th	2
2010/11	St. Cloud State University	NCAA		36	5	13	18th	34
2011/12	St. Cloud State University	NCAA		39	11	13	24	36
2012/13	St. Cloud State University	NCAA		41	14th	25th	39	41
2013/14	St. Cloud State University	NCAA		38	22nd	18th	40	32
2013/14	Manchester monarchs	AHL		7th	0	3	3	0		4th	1	0	1	0
2014/15	Manchester monarchs	AHL		75	9	32	41	44		19th	7th	6th	13	10
2015/16	Ontario Reign	AHL		58	14th	34	48	49		13	4th	7th	11	14th
2015/16	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		5	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		70	6th	16	22nd	25th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		16	0	1	1	12		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		40	3	0	3	16		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Washington Capitals	NHL		64	8th	14th	22nd	20th		7th	1	0	1	6th
NAHL total				46	16	33	49	73		13	8th	14th	22nd	34
USHL total				46	16	23	39	48		9	2	4th	6th	2
NCAA overall				154	52	69	121	143
AHL total				140	23	69	92	93		36	12	13	25th	24
NHL overall				195	17th	31	48	75		7th	1	0	1	6th

( 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

• Player biography on the Washington Capitals website
• Nic Dowd at eliteprospects.com (English)