The 23 year old diminutive centre has had a breakout season with the Stingrays accumulating seven goals, 36 assists and 43 points in 55 games so far during his fourth year in the Elite League.
That points total puts the Hull native 5th amongst British players in the Elite League in points and has also catapulted him into Great Britain national team contention with coach Tony Hand naming him as a reserve for GB's Olympic Qualification tournament in Latvia.
Having posted totals of 10, 20 and 17 points in each of the last three years - in between which was sandwiched a minor fallout with coach Sylvain Cloutier in 2010 - Davies' rise to prominence has been meteoric this season as he has played a big part in the club's success.
Despite his lack of physical presence at 5'6, Davies has been a regular on the scoresheet thanks to his combination of speed, skill and playmaking abilities - creating a formidable partnership with American forward Dominic Osman.
The retention of British players like Davies, GB netminder Ben Bowns and the rumoured re-signing of Sheffield born forwards Tom Squires and Danny Wood is key for the Stingrays in a league in which British players and British depth is often seen as the key to success.
This re-signing - particularly after such an impressive career year - is therefore something of a coup for the Rays and Cloutier with experienced up-and-coming British players in high demand.
On re-signing Davies admitted that it "wasn't a tough decision" to re-sign for the 2013/2014 season with the club heading in the right direction:
"...As I've always said I wanted to play for Stingrays. It's not just because I'm local and it means something to me, I just like where the club has come from since Sylvain joined it. I think we have progressed every season and a lot of people understand that. It's been hard this season because Bobby McEwan is in his first year as owner, but I think it looks promising for the future. I just want to keep building my own career and keep helping the club to build."Cloutier has evidently made a lightning quick start to recruitment for next season, ensuring the core of his squad are signed up as early as possible. Of his latest addition, the Rays player-coach said:
"Matty's one of our key core guys and wears the Stingrays' shirt with pride, so he was one of the priorities to get signed up. He has developed well as a player and can put numbers up for us, and we expect him to do that again next season. We've been together here for four years and he's comfortable with me as a coach so it was an easy decision to invite him back again.
