TULSA, Okla. —The Tulsa Oilers, ECHL affiliate of the Nationwide Hockey League’s Anaheim Geese and the American Hockey League’s San Diego Gulls, introduced the signing of defenseman Michael Davies for the 2025-26 season.
Davies, 28, joins the Oilers off a multi-year hiatus from skilled hockey. The offseason coaching associate of Oilers’ ahead Tyler Poulsen final performed professional in 2022 with Kalamazoo, notching eight factors (2g-6a) in 30 video games. Davies additionally attended Colorado Avalanche growth camp in 2020.
Previous to turning professional, Davies was a standout on the College of Denver, producing 47 factors (9g-38a) and a +72 ranking in 159 profession video games. The St. Louis, Missouri native burst onto the scene as a freshman, registering 17 factors (3g-14a) and main the Nationwide Champion Pioneers, and all NCAA freshmen, with a +32 ranking — the second-best amongst all Division 1 gamers.
The primary-year pupil athlete was a key piece in Denver’s first title since 2005, discovering the rating sheet in three of 4 NCAA Match battles. Davies acquired the Keith Magnuson Award as Denver’s high defensive participant twice, ending high 5 in plus-minus ranking in all 4 seasons and rating second among the many defensive corps in assists on two events. Putting stability on and off the ice, Davies was named to the NCHC Tutorial All-Convention Staff thrice and served as an alternate captain as a senior.
Davies additionally received a gold media on the 2013-14 5 Nations Match, representing Staff USA alongside future Denver teammate and present Anaheim Duck Troy Terry.
Previous to his collegiate success, Davies produced at each ends of the ice in a 111-game United States Hockey League profession, logging 48 factors (11g-37a), 117 penalty minutes and a +28 ranking with Dubuque and Waterloo. He recorded 34 factors (7g-27a) and a +20 ranking throughout the 2015-16, main all Black Hawks’ defensemen in all 4 classes, whereas his 66 penalty minutes and 27 assists each ranked third amongst all skaters no matter place.
