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.
Whitecaps thriving in Lake Placid Bubble A week into the NWHL season in upstate New York, Minnesota has a 3-0 record and sits atop the standings. There s one big concern: Tuesday s opponent had to withdraw because of positive COVID-19 tests.
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Life in the Lake Placid Bubble certainly hasn t been boring for the Minnesota Whitecaps, who have played a trio of one-goal games and emerged undefeated.
On Saturday, the National Women s Hockey League launched its truncated, two-week regular season and playoffs at Herb Brooks Arena – site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice Olympic triumph. The marquee matchup among the league s six teams on opening day was the game that couldn t be played last year because of the coronavirus pandemic: the Whitecaps vs. the Boston Pride in the Isobel Cup final.