Matt Davidson is dead

Matt Davidson represented the Columbus Blue Jackets in his career, among others. PDO

Ex-hockey player Matt Davidson has died at the age of 48, the WHL club Portland Winterhawks says in its announcement.

The release states that Davidson, who served as the club’s director of player development, died unexpectedly.

– Matt was a loved and highly respected person in the circle of talent scouts. Everyone who had the good fortune to meet him held him in high esteem, the hockey league WHL stated in its release.

The 1995 fourth-round draft pick of the Buffalo Sabers made his NHL debut in the 2000-2001 season with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

He accumulated a total of 56 NHL games over the next three seasons, in which he scored 5+7=12. In the AHL between 1997 and 2004, he played a total of 465 games, where he scored 108+113=221 power points.

When Davidson’s career didn’t get off to a good start in North America, he decided to move to the German DEL league. After two seasons, however, he moved to Finland and Kuopio. He played a total of 55 matches in KalPa with an output of 16+9=25.

After KalPa, he ended his playing career by playing two seasons in Denmark and two in Sweden at Tingsryds IF.