{{Short description|American ice hockey forward (born 1996)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Lexie_Laing.jpg | caption = Lexie Laing playing for the Boston Pride October 19, 2019 | image_size = 230px | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|24|mf=y}} | birth_place = Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_cm = 165 | weight_lb = | position = Forward | shoots = Right | team = | league = | played_for = Minnesota Whitecaps<br />Boston Pride<br />Harvard Crimson | ntl_team = | draft = | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = 2014 | career_end = 2023 }} '''Alexandria "Lexie" Laing''' is an American former ice hockey forward, most recently having played for the Boston Pride of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).
==Career== During high school, Laing played for the Noble and Greenough School, serving as team captain for the 2013–14 season and being named NEPSAC Division I Player of the Year in 2014. She also played for Assabet Valley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://marblehead.wickedlocal.com/article/20100128/NEWS/301289764|title=Marblehead girls hockey inches closer to postseason goal}}</ref> She received the 2014 John Carlton Memorial Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20140428/Sports/140426633|title = Marblehead's Lexie Laing earns prestigious Carlton Award from the Boston Bruins}}</ref>
From 2014 to 2019, she attended Harvard University, playing for the university's women's ice hockey programme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gocrimson.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/lexie-laing/10729|title = Lexie Laing - 2018-19 - Women's Ice Hockey}}</ref> She scored 25 points in 36 games in her rookie NCAA season, being named a finalist for the ECAC Rookie of the Year Award and notching two assists in Harvard's Beanpot victory over the Boston College Eagles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itemlive.com/2016/01/31/marbleheads-laing-sisters-eye-repeat-at-harvard/|title=Marblehead's Laing sisters eye repeat at Harvard|date=February 2016}}</ref> She captained Harvard in her final season with the team, putting up a career-high 26 points in 31 games, leading the team in scoring and being named an All-Ivy Honorable Mention.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/rookie-standout-lexie-laing-is-carrying-on-the-family-legacy-with-the-nwhls-boston-pride|title=Rookie standout Lexie Laing is carrying on the family legacy with the NWHL's Boston Pride|date=January 17, 2020|website=TheHockeyNews}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2014-15/bios/laing_lexie_1rs3?view=bio|title=Lexie Laing|website=Harvard|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=July 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719082152/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2014-15/bios/laing_lexie_1rs3?view=bio|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She was selected 12th overall by the Boston Pride in the 2017 NWHL Draft, and would go on to sign her first professional contract with the club after graduating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/boston-pride-sign-lexie-laing/|title=Boston Pride Sign 2017 NWHL Draftee Lexie Laing|date=June 3, 2019}}</ref> In her first season with the Pride, she scored 27 points in 24 games, the fourth leading scorer on her team and eighth overall in the league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/10/25/lexie-laing-making-noise-in-first-season-with-boston-pride/|title=Lexie Laing making noise in first season with Boston Pride|date=October 25, 2019}}</ref> She was named to Team Dempsey for the 2020 NWHL All-Star Game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/2/7/21123065/how-to-watch-2020-nwhl-all-star-game-weekend-preview-twitch-womens-hockey-boston|title=2020 NWHL All-Star Weekend Preview|first=Leighann|last=Strollo|date=February 7, 2020|website=The Ice Garden}}</ref>
==International career== Laing represented the United States at the 2013 and 2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring a total of nine points in ten games as the country won silver both times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.salemnews.com/sports/marblehead-s-laing-savors-world-junior-hockey-opportunity/article_99ac9d02-d13a-58ab-9f08-3177db32c6ce.html|title = Marblehead's Laing savors World Junior hockey opportunity| date=January 15, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2014/03/19/girls-hockey-stars-head-hungary-for-world-tournament/V0fM0hVwhlI0vwnj89e4dK/story.html|title=Five local girls play international hockey with Team USA - the Boston Globe|website=The Boston Globe }}</ref>
==Style of play== On top of her offensive abilities, Laing has been noted both for her strong two-way play and skills as a faceoff specialist, drawing comparisons to Boston Bruins centre Patrice Bergeron.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fascetta|first=Spencer|date=June 20, 2020|title=The Pride's Most Underrated Superstar|url=https://bruinsdiehards.com/2020/06/20/the-prides-most-underrated-superstar/|access-date=January 10, 2021|website=Bruins Diehards|language=en|archive-date=December 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201024923/https://bruinsdiehards.com/2020/06/20/the-prides-most-underrated-superstar/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/11/29/20961075/lexie-laing-contributes-more-to-the-nwhl-boston-pride-power-play-than-goals|title=Lexie Laing contributes more to the Pride's power play than goals|first=Meg|last=Leach|date=November 29, 2019|website=The Ice Garden}}</ref>
==Personal life== Laing has a bachelor's degree in Integrative Biology from Harvard University and a master's degree in Animals and Public Policy from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grad.vet.tufts.edu/alexandria-lexie-laing/|title = Alexandria (Lexie) Laing – Graduate Programs}}</ref> Her two older sisters, Brianna and Denna Laing, have also played for the Boston Pride.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/lexie-laing-harvards-leading-scorer-and-the-12th-pick-in-2017-nwhl-draft-signs-with-the-pride/n-5496113|title=Lexie Laing, Harvard's Leading Scorer and the 12th Pick in 2017 NWHL Draft, Signs with the Pride|date=June 3, 2019|website=OurSports Central}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:95%" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team !! League !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 2014–15 | Harvard Crimson | NCAA | 36 || 10 || 15 || 25 || 10 | – || – || – || – || – |-style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2015–16 | Harvard Crimson | NCAA | 31 || 6 || 12 || 18 || 8 | – || – || – || – || – |- | 2016–17 | Harvard Crimson | NCAA | 29 || 8 || 13 || 21 || 24 | – || – || – || – || – |-style="background:#f0f0f0;" | 2017–18 | Harvard Crimson | NCAA | 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 | – || – || – || – || – |- | 2018-19 || Harvard Crimson || NCAA | 31 || 8 || 18 || 26 || 16 | – || – || – || – || – |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019-20 || Boston Pride || NWHL | 24 || 12 || 15 || 27 || 4 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2020–21 || Boston Pride || NWHL | 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2 | 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2021–22 || Minnesota Whitecaps || PHF | 20 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 10 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2022–23 || Boston Pride || PHF | 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | – || – || – || – || – |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NCAA totals ! 130 !! 33 !! 58 !! 91 !! 60 ! – !! – !! – !! – !! – |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NWHL/PHF totals ! 57 !! 15 !! 22 !! 37 !! 16 ! 5 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 0 |}
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==External links== * {{icehockeystats|elite=397405}} * {{Twitter|lexlaing16}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laing, Lexie}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American sportswomen Category:American women's ice hockey forwards Category:Boston Pride players Category:Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine alumni Category:Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey players Category:Ice hockey people from Essex County, Massachusetts Category:Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Category:Minnesota Whitecaps players Category:Noble and Greenough School alumni Category:Sportspeople from Marblehead, Massachusetts