Matthew B. Davidson (born August 9, 1977) is a Canadian former ice hockey right winger. He played 56 games in the National Hockey League with the Columbus Blue Jackets between 2000 and 2003. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1997 to 2011, was spent in the American Hockey League and then in several European leagues.

Career

Davidson was drafted in the fourth round, 94th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the

1995 NHL Entry Draft The 1995 NHL Entry Draft was the 33rd NHL Entry Draft. It was held at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta. The drafting order was now set partially by a lottery system whereby teams would not be guaranteed first pick if they finished last. I ...

. After playing four seasons with the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League, Davidson made his professional debut with the Sabres' AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans. He played three seasons with the Americans before the Sabres traded his rights to the Columbus Blue Jackets as part of a deal during the

2000 NHL Expansion Draft The 2000 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 23, 2000, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 2000–01 season, the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Minnesota Wild. Rules 2 ...

. Davidson played in 56 NHL games over three seasons with the Blue Jackets, scoring five goals and adding seven assists. During the

2004–05 NHL lockout The 2004–05 NHL lockout was a labor lockout that resulted in the cancellation of the National Hockey League (NHL) season, which would have been its 88th season of play. The main dispute was the league's desire to implement a salary cap to ...

, Davidson went to Germany to join the DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey League. While the NHL resumed play in 2005–06, Davidson remained in Germany and played with the Sinupret Ice Tigers, before making the move to Finland for the 2006–07 season. Matt Davidson signed a two-year contract (2007–08 and 2008–09) in Denmark for the

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. He then spent two years in Sweden, and retired in 2011.

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* 1977 births Living people Buffalo Sabres draft picks Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian ice hockey right wingers Columbus Blue Jackets players DEG Metro Stars players Frederikshavn White Hawks players Ice hockey people from Manitoba KalPa players Lowell Lock Monsters players Nürnberg Ice Tigers players Portland Winterhawks players Rochester Americans players Sportspeople from Flin Flon Syracuse Crunch players Tingsryds AIF players {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1970s-stub