Beechy goaltender earns scholarship one save at a time
February 10, 2021
Jayden Lawson has played the past two seasons with the Edge Mountaineers in Calgary.
PHOTO BY LANDON WESLEY
On the surface Jayden Lawson’s story appears straightforward. Enroll at a respected hockey academy, post eye-popping stats playing against top competition, earn a scholarship to play U Sports hockey, end of story.
That storyline would sell Lawson short by a country mile.
In reality, the Beechy native never became a goaltender until reaching Bantam hockey. Two years ago she was playing Midget A for the Diefenbaker Thunder. There likely weren’t too many university or college scouts dropping into the Dinsmore Memorial Arena to find a netminder.