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Brian Dowd

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Brian Dowd
Born (1965-08-27) August 27, 1965 (age 59)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Northeastern
Fort Wayne Komets
NHL draft 1988 NHL Supplemental Draft
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 1984–1989

Brian Dowd (born August 27, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Northeastern.[1]

Career

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Dowd began attending Northeastern University in 1984. His first two seasons with the ice hockey team were unspectacular but he did show some improvement. Dowd came into his own beginning in his junior season, tripling his point production. He continued his elevated play as a senior and was named an All-American. He helped the Huskies finish second in Hockey East and win the conference tournament. Northeastern made just its second tournament appearance, however, the team suffered an ignominious fate by being the only team in history to lose to a Division III program in history.[2] Despite the less than happy ending to his college career, Dowd was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the Supplemental Draft and signed a professional contract. He spent the next season with the Fort Wayne Komets, playing well. Dowd was second in scoring from the blueline but decided to retire after the year.

Dowd later moved to the Buffalo area and became a distributor for DePuy. He continued to work in sales and became an executive for Hologic in 2010, a position he holds as of 2021.[3]

Statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1982–83 Hamilton Mountain A's OJHL 44 0 10 10 88
1983–84 Hamilton Mountain A's OJHL 30 4 24 28 77
1984–85 Northeastern Hockey East 26 0 3 3 44
1985–86 Northeastern Hockey East 24 1 8 9 36
1986–87 Northeastern Hockey East 34 8 13 21 40
1987–88 Northeastern Hockey East 37 6 21 27 52
1988–89 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 62 9 24 33 39 6 0 3 3 8
OJHL totals 74 4 34 38 165
NCAA totals 121 15 45 60 172

Awards and honors

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Award Year
All-Hockey East First Team 1987–88 [4]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 1987–88 [1]
Hockey East All-Tournament Team 1988 [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "Brian Dowd". Linked In. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Hockey East All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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