Nathan Lawson

Nathan Lawson
Date of birth	September 29, 1983
place of birth	Calgary , Alberta , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 52
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
2002-2004	Olds grizzlies
2004-2007	University of Alaska Anchorage
2007-2008	Phoenix Roadrunners Utah Grizzlies
2008-2011	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2011–2012	Hamilton Bulldogs
2012-2014	Binghamton Senators
2014-2015	Dornbirn EC
2015-2016	Vienna Capitals
2016	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho
2017	HC Banska Bystrica
2017-2018	HK Nitra

Nathan Lawson (born September 29, 1983 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who was most recently under contract with the Slovak first division club HK Nitra .

Career

Nathan Lawson began his career as a hockey player with the Olds Grizzlys, for whom he was active in the Alberta Junior Hockey League from 2002 to 2004 . He then attended the University of Alaska Anchorage for three years and played at the same time for their ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In the 2007/08 season, the goalkeeper made his debut in professional ice hockey when he first ran for the Phoenix Roadrunners and then the Utah Grizzlies in the ECHL .

From the 2008/09 season Lawson was a regular for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League between the posts. In February 2010 he also signed a contract with their cooperation partner New York Islanders from the National Hockey League .

On July 5, 2011, Lawson agreed on a two-way contract for one year with the Montréal Canadiens . After a season with the Hamilton Bulldogs , he signed another two-way contract for a year on July 16, 2012, this time with the Ottawa Senators . In the following two years he played for their farm team, the Binghamton Senators , in the American Hockey League .

In the 2014/15 season he played for the Dornbirn EC in the EBEL . In May 2015 he signed a contract for the 2015/16 season with Vienna Capitals. After the season he left Austria for Finland and signed a contract with the Liiga club HPK in April 2016 .

In January 2017 he was signed for one year by HC 05 Banská Bystrica from the Slovak Extraliga and won the Slovak championship with it in 2017 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 AHL All-Rookie Team
• 2017 Slovak champion with HC 05 Banská Bystrica

AHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victories	Defeats	draw	Shutouts
Regular season	4th	127	60	47	13	8th
Playoffs	2	3	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

Commons : Nathan Lawson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Nathan Lawson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Nathan Lawson at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ HPK: n ensi kauden joukkue. In: HPK. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .