Lacey Annapolis Eden (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 four NCAA championships with Wisconsin (2021, 2023, 2025, 2026), the most by any player in program history.
Born in Annapolis, Maryland to Karen and Bill Eden, Lacey was raised with her older brother, Liam. Eden started playing hockey at age four. Her interest in hockey was sparked by Liam, and the two played with the Navy Youth Hockey Association as children. She was valedictorian at Indian Creek Middle School.
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. She led the hockey team to its first-ever mid-Atlantic Girls High School Hockey League championship by scoring four goals in a 4âÂÂ3 victory. 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. She also finished third in the 1,500 and sixth in the 3,000 in the USA Track and Field National Championships.
Eden transferred to Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Minnesota for her junior and senior years. At Shattuck-St. Mary's, she scored 75 goals and had 100 assists over two seasons in 96 games.
Eden was originally committed to play for the Princeton Tigers before their 2020âÂÂ21 season was canceled due the COVID-19 pandemic. She continued her offseason training at home and applying to the University of WisconsinâÂÂMadison in December. She officially began her collegiate career for Wisconsin in January of the 2020âÂÂ21 season. 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. She finished the season with eight goals and seven assists in 15 games and helped the Badgers win the national championship. Following an outstanding season she was named to the USCHO All-Rookie Team.
On September 18, 2024, she was named an alternate captain for the 2024âÂÂ25 season. As a senior, she recorded 24 goals and 34 assists in 41 games, and helped lead Wisconsin to their eighth national championship. During the 2025âÂÂ26 season, as a graduate student, she led the nation in scoring with 29 goals and 48 assists in 41 games and helped lead Wisconsin to their ninth national championship. This was her fourth national championship at Wisconsin, the most by any player in program history.
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.
Eden made her international debut for the United States at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Calgary, Alberta. The United States won a silver medal after falling to Canada 3âÂÂ2 in overtime in the gold medal game. 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 2âÂÂ1 in the gold medal game.
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 6âÂÂ3 in the gold medal game. 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 6âÂÂ5 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 6âÂÂ5 in overtime.
Eden won her second gold medal at the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship in ÃÂeské BudÃÂjovice, Czechia, her fifth World Championship appearance. She scored in the quarterfinal victory over Germany, and the United States defeated Canada 4âÂÂ3 in overtime in the gold medal game.