Leah Lum
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
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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).
Canada
| 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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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
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
Lum is member of the LGBTQ community.[9]
