Matt Davidson
Jersey Number: 41
Player information for Matt Davidson
Position
Right Wing
Height
6'3" (191cm)
Born
August 9, 1977
Number
41
Shoots
Right
Weight
202 lbs (92kg)
Birthplace
Flin Flon, Manitoba, CAN
Years in Columbus
3
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Player Career Notes
- Spent all three of his NHL seasons in Columbus, registering 5-7-12 and 28 penalty minutes in 56 games from 2000-03.
- Appeared in five games with the Blue Jackets in their inaugural season in 2000-01, making his NHL debut on Dec. 2, 2000 vs. Atlanta.
- Scored his first career NHL goal on Nov. 2, 2001 at Edmonton (Tommy Salo).
- Had a career-year in his final NHL campaign in 2002-03, recording 4-5-9 in 34 games with Columbus.
- Added 108-113-221 and 236 penalty minutes in 465 career American Hockey League outings over seven seasons with the Lowell Lock Monsters, Syracuse Crunch and Rochester Americans from 1997-2004.
- Went on to play seven seasons in Europe, including stints in Germany, Finland, Denmark and Sweden between 2004-11 and retired after spending the 2010-11 season with Tingsryds AIF (Sweden).
- Paced Tingsryds AIF in scoring in 2009-10 with 24-33-57 in 41 contests in Sweden’s Division I.
- Appeared in two Deutschland Cup tournaments with Team Canada from 2004-06, winning the championship in 2005 and finishing third in 2006.
- Played junior hockey in the Western Hockey League, collecting 89-85-174 in 273 career games with the Portland Winter Hawks from 1993-97.
- Served as the director of player personnel for Portland (WHL) from 2024-26 before passing on Apr. 28, 2026.
CBJ Career Regular Season Stats
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-2001 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001-2002 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -11 | 10 | 18 |
| 2002-2003 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 18 | 28 |
| Totals | 56 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -21 | 28 | 48 |
Transaction History
- Drafted by Buffalo in the fourth round, 94th overall, in the 1995 NHL Draft.
- Acquired from Buffalo with D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, a fifth-round pick in the 2000 NHL draft and a fifth-round pick in the 2001 NHL Draft in exchange for past considerations on June 23, 2000.