Tom Lawson (goaltender)

Tom Lawson ( born August 15, 1979 in Whitby, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the Kontinental Hockey League, among others, for the HK Sibir Novosibirsk in its active period from 1998 to 2010.

Career

Tom Lawson began his career as a hockey player with the Markham Waxers, for which he was active in the 1998/99 season in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. He then attended one year the Bowling Green State University, for their hockey team he played in parallel in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. In the 2000 /01 season the goalkeeper made ​​his debut in professional hockey for the Knoxville Speed ​​of the United Hockey League. In parallel, he completed a game for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League. He spent the following season with the Anchorage Aces of the West Coast Hockey League, but for which he was only in a single game between the posts. For the 2002/03 season he returned to the United Hockey League and signed a contract there for the Fort Wayne Komets, with whom he won the Colonial Cup at first attempt. He was honored as the best goalkeeper in the league and voted most valuable player of the playoffs and in the first All-Star team of the UHL.

From 2003 to 2005 Lawson ran regularly for the Hershey Bears in the AHL on. In parallel, he came to two inserts for the Reading Royals in the ECHL. In the ECHL, he also played in the 2005/06 season, but for the San Diego Gulls, where he stood 30 times in goal. In parallel, he played seven games for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the AHL. For the 2006/07 season the Canadians moved first to Europe, where he was a regular for Lukko Rauma in the Finnish SM- liiga for use. In the 2007 /08 season he joined the HK CSKA Moscow of the Russian Super League. In this, he was a master power to the statistically best Torwärten the entire league. He spent the next eighteen years at HK Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League newly established. There he could no longer consistently convincing, so he to Leksand IF from the HockeyAllsvenskan, the Swedish second division, moved into its second year. He ended the season at the age of 30 years of his career.

Awards and achievements

  • 2003 Colonial Cup win with the Fort Wayne Komets
  • 2003 Best goalkeeper of the United Hockey League
  • 2003 UHL Playoff MVP
  • 2003 UHL First All -Star Team
Whitby (Ontario) San Diego Gulls (1995–2006) Leksands IF 2000–01 United Hockey League season 2001–02 WCHL season 2002–03 United Hockey League season 2005–06 ECHL season 2006–07 SM-liiga season 2007–08 Russian Superleague season
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