Leah Lum (born May 12, 1996), also known by the Chinese name Lin Qiqi (Chinese: 林绮琪),[1] is a Canadian ice hockey forward and member of the Chinese national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with Montreal.
Leah Lum | |||
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Born |
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada | May 12, 1996||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||
Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
PWHL team Former teams |
PWHL Montreal | ||
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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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]
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).