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]
International play
Senior
Eden made her international debut for the United States at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Calgary, Canada. [13] [3] The United States won a silver medal after falling to Canada 3–2 in overtime in the gold medal game. [14] 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. [15] [16]
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. [17] [18] 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. [19] [20] [21] [22]
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. [23] [24]
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