Lacey Eden

Lacey Eden
Born (2002-05-02) May 2, 2002 (age 23)
Annapolis, Maryland
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
WCHA team Wisconsin Badgers
National team  United States
Playing career 2020–present
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2025 Czechia
Silver medal – second place 2021 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2022 Denmark
Silver medal – second place 2024 United States
World U18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2020 Slovakia
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan

Lacey Annapolis Eden[1] (born May 2, 2002) is an American college ice hockey player for Wisconsin and member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She has won two gold medals (2023, 2025) and three silver medals (2021, 2022, 2024) with the United States at the World Championships, competing in five consecutive tournaments from 2021 to 2025.

At the collegiate level, she has won three NCAA championships with Wisconsin (2021, 2023, 2025).

Early life

Born in Annapolis, Maryland to Karen and Bill Eden, Lacey was raised with her older brother, Liam.[2][3] Eden started playing hockey at age four.[4] Her interest in hockey was sparked by Liam, and the two played with the Navy Youth Hockey Association as children.[4] She was valedictorian at Indian Creek Middle School.[5]

Eden attended Archbishop Spalding High School for her freshman and sophomore years. As a freshman, she was a multi-sport athlete, playing JV soccer and running cross country in the fall, skating on both the boys and girls ice hockey teams in winter, and competing on the varsity lacrosse team in spring.[5] She led the hockey team to its first-ever mid-Atlantic Girls High School Hockey League championship by scoring four goals in a 4–3 victory.[5] She won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference cross country championship as a freshman as well as the 3,000 and 1,500 meters at the Amateur Athletic Union National Indoor Track Championships.[5] She also finished third in the 1,500 and sixth in the 3,000 in the USA Track and Field National Championships.[5]

Eden transferred to Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Minnesota for her junior and senior years.[6] At Shattuck-St. Mary's, she scored 75 goals and had 100 assists over two seasons in 96 games.[3]

Playing career

Collegiate

Eden was originally committed to play for the Princeton Tigers before their 2020–21 season was canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic. She continued her offseason training at home and applying to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in December.[7] She officially began her collegiate career for the Wisconsin Badgers in January of the 2020–21 season.[3] During her first month with the team, she tied for the league lead among rookies in goals (three), assists (four) and points (seven), shots on goal (23), and plus/minus (+6). She was subsequently named the WCHA Rookie of the Month for the month of February 2021.[8] She finished the season with eight goals and seven assists in 15 games and helped the Badgers win the national championship.[9] Following an outstanding season she was named to the USCHO All-Rookie Team.[10]

On September 18, 2024, she was named an alternate captain for the 2024–25 season.[11] As a graduate student, she recorded 24 goals and 34 assists in 41 games, and helped lead Wisconsin to their eighth national championship.[12]

International play

Youth

Eden represented the United States at the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship where she won a silver medal. She again represented the United States at the 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, where she led the team in scoring with five points and won a gold medal.[13]

Senior

Eden made her international debut for the United States at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Calgary, Canada.[14][3] The United States won a silver medal after falling to Canada 3–2 in overtime in the gold medal game.[15] She returned to the roster for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark, where the United States won another silver medal, losing to Canada 2–1 in the gold medal game.[16][17]

Eden won her first World Championship gold medal at the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship in Brampton, Ontario, where the United States defeated Canada 6–3 in the gold medal game.[18][19] She competed at the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship in Utica, New York, winning a silver medal after the United States fell to Canada 6–5 in overtime in the gold medal game. Eden scored a goal and added an assist in the quarterfinal victory over Japan and assisted on Caroline Harvey's game-tying goal with 5:02 remaining in regulation of the gold medal game. The United States won a silver medal after falling to Canada 6–5 in overtime.[20][21][22][23]

Eden won her second gold medal at the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship in České Budějovice, Czechia, her fifth World Championship appearance. She scored in the quarterfinal victory over Germany, and the United States defeated Canada 4–3 in overtime in the gold medal game.[24][25]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2020–21 University of Wisconsin WCHA 15 8 7 15 6 — — — — —
2022–23 University of Wisconsin WCHA 40 17 23 40 0 — — — — —
2023–24 University of Wisconsin WCHA 41 27 29 56 15 — — — — —
2024–25 University of Wisconsin WCHA 41 24 34 58 6 — — — — —
NCAA totals 137 76 93 169 27 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2019 United States U18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 1 1 2 0
2020 United States U18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 2 3 5 4
2021 United States WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 2 2 0
2022 United States WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 2 2 4 0
2023 United States WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 1 0 1 4
2024 United States WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 1 2 3 0
2025 United States WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1 1 2 2
Junior totals 10 3 4 6 4
Senior totals 32 5 7 12 6

References

  1. ^ Team USA [@teamusa]; (November 14, 2025). "Middle of the month means it's time for @usahockey middle names 🇺🇸 #WinterOlympics". Retrieved November 14, 2025 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "Lacey Eden". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d "Lacey Eden Bio". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Lacey Eden makes USA women's hockey U18 select team". capitalgazette.com. August 26, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Athlete Worth Watching: Lacey Eden of Archbishop Spalding High School". whatsupmag.com. August 4, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  6. ^ "Lacey Eden Arrives on National Scene". clutchandcrabhockey.com. March 8, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  7. ^ tmilewski@madison.com, TODD D. MILEWSKI (January 27, 2021). "COVID-19 forced Lacey Eden to change colleges if she wanted to play hockey. The Badgers are reaping the reward". Big10Central. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
  8. ^ "Wisconsin's Lacey Eden Honored As National Rookie Of The Month". wcha.com. March 3, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  9. ^ "Super Six: Badgers claim sixth National Title". uwbadgers.com. March 20, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  10. ^ Haase, Nicole (April 2, 2021). "Women's Division I College Hockey: 2020-2021 All-USCHO Teams". uscho.com. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  11. ^ "Harvey, O'Brien named captains for Badgers". uwbadgers.com. September 18, 2024. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  12. ^ "Sensational Simms: Junior leads comeback to lift UW to eighth NCAA title". uwbadgers.com. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  13. ^ "Lacey Eden". teamusa.usahockey.com. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  14. ^ "Thirteen Badgers to compete at IIHF Women's World Championships". uwbadgers.com. August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  15. ^ "U.S. Falls to Canada, 3-2, in Overtime of Gold-Medal Game". teamusa.usahockey.com. August 31, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  16. ^ "Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield lead world women's hockey championship roster". nbcsports.com. August 15, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  17. ^ "2022 IIHF Women's World Championship". teamusa.usahockey.com. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  18. ^ "2023 U.S. Women's National Team Named". teamusa.usahockey.com. April 1, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  19. ^ "2023 Women's Worlds Insider : GOLDEN! Team USA 6, Canada 3". teamusa.usahockey.com. April 16, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  20. ^ "2024 U.S. Women's National Team Roster Announced". teamusa.usahockey.com. March 31, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  21. ^ "Four Badgers score as USA dominates Japan at World Championship". channel3000.com. April 11, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  22. ^ "Canada wins gold in overtime". International Ice Hockey Federation. April 14, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  23. ^ "U.S. Falls to Canada 6-5 in Overtime, Earns Silver Medal in Women's Worlds". teamusa.usahockey.com. April 15, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  24. ^ "Lacey Eden: 'Adversity Isn't The Worst Thing In The World'". thehockeynews.com. April 18, 2025. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  25. ^ "U.S. wins gold in overtime classic". International Ice Hockey Federation. April 20, 2025. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
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