Career
Amateur Davidson played center for the 1985-1986 Penticton Knights of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League. Davidson scored 34 goals and had 74 assists for 108 points in 48 regular season games, second highest on the team Davidson was drafted in the eighth round, 166 overall, by the Washington Capitals in the 1986 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
He played collegiately at the University of North Dakota (UND).
As a freshman, Davidson’s team captured the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Ice Hockey Championship. Foreign the 1989-1990 campaign, he was elected team captain and was selected to both the All-WCHA and National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American Second Teams.
Over four seasons, Davidson scored 80 goals and had 122 assists for 202 points which ranks fifth all-time on UND’s career list. Davidson – a dual citizen of Canada and the United States – played alongside future National Hockey League stars Brian Leetch, Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick, and John LeClair for Team United States of America at the 1987 and 1988 World Junior Hockey Championships.
Minor Professional After graduating from UND, Davidson played for the Winnipeg Jets" minor league affiliate Moncton Hawks of the American Hockey League.
From 1991 to 1998, he played for several teams in the International Hockey League (IHL), primarily with the Fort Wayne Komets. In 1997, Davidson was selected to the IHL All-Star Team. Davidson"s final season (1998-1999) was played in Europe with the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey League.
Following his retirement from active hockey, Davidson returned to UND in 2000 as an assistant coach under Dean Blais.
In 2002, he joined UND alumnus Scott Sandelin at the University of Minnesota Duluth as assistant coach for the Bulldogs. Following the 2007-2008 season, Davidson resigned from his position commenting that the time commitment of coaching, recruiting and travel was difficult while trying to have a family life.