Leah Lum
| Leah Lum | |||
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| Born |
May 12, 1996 Richmond, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Played for | |||
| National team |
 China | ||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
| Lin Qiqi | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 林綺琪 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 林绮琪 | ||||||||||
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Leah Lum (born May 12, 1996), also known by the Chinese name Lin Qiqi (Chinese: 林绮琪),[1] is a professional Canadian-born Chinese ice hockey forward. She most recently played during the 2023–24 season with the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Lum represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and at the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B, where she tied teammate Rachel Llanes (Lin Ni) for most goals (7) and most points (15) scored in the tournament.[2][3]
Playing career
[edit]Lum scored 102 points in 148 games with the UConn Huskies women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (WHEA) conference of the NCAA Division I.[4] In her last year with the Huskies, she served as alternate captain.[5]
After graduating, Lum signed with the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), who had drafted her 11th overall in the 2018 CWHL Draft.[6][7][8] She stayed with the team as it moved to the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) after the collapse of the CWHL in 2019 and was named to the ZhHL All-Star Game in 2020. As of August 2022[update], she ranks fourth on the Shenzhen KRS all-time record lists for most goals (28), assists (52), points (80), and games played (104).
Personal life
[edit]Lum is member of the LGBTQ community.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rays ready for Beijing bow". HC Red Star. January 29, 2022. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ↑ Potts, Andy (January 28, 2022). "Chinese women target QF". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Qiqi Lin". Olympics.com. January 31, 2022. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Richmond's Lum having big season for UConn Huskies". Richmond News. February 6, 2017. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ↑ https://dailycampus.com/stories/2018/2/20/womens-hockey-leah-lums-success-goes-behind-her-impressive-statistics[dead link]
- ↑ Whelan, Kirsten (September 3, 2018). "CWHL Draft in Review: Calgary, Shenzhen, and Montreal". The Victory Press. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ↑ "Richmond hockey standout being groomed for 2022 Winter Olympics". Richmond News. July 15, 2018. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ↑ Brady, Rachel (June 6, 2017). "China's next top hockey team". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ↑ Lum, Leah [@leahlum]; (July 7, 2024). "Sun kissed 🌞". Retrieved September 2, 2025 – via Instagram.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or ThePWHL.com
- Lin Qiqi at Olympedia
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in China
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for China
- Ice hockey people from Richmond, British Columbia
- Sportswomen from British Columbia
- Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays players
- UConn Huskies women's ice hockey players
- Montreal Victoire players
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- LGBTQ ice hockey players