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Nashville, Tenn. (March 19, 2022) - Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the team has recalled defensemen Jeremy Davies and Matt Tennyson from Milwaukee (AHL). Additionally, the Predators have placed defensemen Matt Benning (upper body) and Mark Borowiecki (lower body) on IR.

Davies, 25 (12/4/96), made his season debut with the Predators on Jan. 18 vs. Vancouver, logging 12:30 of ice time. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound blueliner has established careers highs in several categories with the Admirals in 2021-22, including goals (6), assists (25), points (31) and power-play goals (2). Davies has 12 points (4g-8a) in his last nine games at the AHL level, leads Milwaukee defensemen in points and assists and is second in plus-minus (+12). A native of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., Davies has appeared in 17 career NHL games since making his League debut with the Predators on March 9, 2021 at Carolina; he recorded an assist for his first career NHL point on April 3, 2021 vs. Chicago.
Tennyson, 31 (4/23/90), has recorded three assists in four games with the Predators this season, including a multi-point performance (2a) on Jan. 22 vs. Detroit. He's spent the majority of the 2021-22 campaign with Milwaukee, where he's tallied 14 points (3g-11a) - his most in the AHL since notching 21 (4g-17a) in 2018-19 - in 46 games. Undrafted, the Minneapolis, Minn., native is a veteran of 11 professional seasons in which he's suited up for 169 games in the NHL and 351 in the AHL; he also owns a bronze medal, earned at the 2021 World Championship with the U.S. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound blueliner served as an assistant captain for the Rochester Americans in 2018-19 and the Charlotte Checkers in 2016-17, and prior to turning pro, he played three seasons at Western Michigan University, winning the CCHA championship and earning a spot on the CCHA Second All-Star Team as a junior in 2011-12.