Dowell attended the 1946 LIHG congress and sought to standardize playing rules for international ice hockey. The LIHG agreed to changes which included three twenty-minute periods and a limit of 12 players per team. The Ice Hockey World Championships were scheduled to resume in 1947 after being on hiatus during the war. The first four teams which the CAHA nominated to be the Canada men's national ice hockey team, all declined to represent Canada for financial reasons. Dowell then announced the Edmonton Junior Canadians were to attend the 1947 Ice Hockey World Championships, pending an exhibition tour in Europe to cover the team's travel expenses. After the proposed tour would be insufficient to cover travel costs, Edmonton declined the offer as they were unable to make their own financial arrangements. No other team was nominated and Canada did not participate at the World Championships in 1947.