Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Wall Police Release Statement On Dowd Complaint
The former Brick and NHL star has been accused of kicking a high school player, according to news reports
UPDATE, 3 p.m.: Wall Township Police released the following statement:
“On Saturday, January 10, the Wall Township Police took a report regarding an alleged assault that took place at the Jersey Shore Ice Arena on Wyckoff Road in Wall Township on Wednesday, January 7.
At that time a complaint summons for simple assault was signed by a private citizen against James Dowd of Point Pleasant, NJ. Mr. Dowd was served his private citizen complaint and advised of a court date in which the complaint is to be heard.
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The Wall Township Police Detective Division is currently investigating the allegations. No additional information will be released at this time.”
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Brick ice hockey star Jim Dowd, who helped the New Jersey Devils win the Stanley Cup in the 1994-95 season, has been accused of kicking a high school player during a Shore Conference ice hockey game last week.
Dowd, who set a national ice hockey scoring record during his Brick High School career, was to appear in Wall Township Municipal Court today but waived his appearance, according to The Asbury Park Press.
The Asbury Park Press and News 12 New Jersey report that the accusations against Dowd stem from a Jan. 7 game of the Manasquan-Point Pleasant Beach cooperative team, where Dowd is the head coach.
According to the two reports, a parent filed a simple assault claim after that game at the Jersey Shore Arena in Wall, claiming Dowd kicked the player in the back.
Wall Township police told the Press the incident remains under review.
Dowd, a 1987 graduate of Brick High School, scored 189 goals and had 186 assists in four years with the Dragons and was drafted by the Devils out of high school.
He chose instead to go to Lake Superior State in Michigan, where he led the Lakers to the 1987-88 NCAA championship, before moving on to a 17-year NHL career. His game-winning goal in Game 2 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals helped the Devils sweep the Detroit Red Wings.
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