Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Pittsburgh Penguins ne suka rubuta Welch a cikin 2001 NHL Entry Draft
, wanda aka zaba a matsayin na 54 a zagaye na biyu. Nuhu ya kasance kyaftin din kungiyar 'yan wasan hockey na Jami'ar Harvard, wanda ya kammala karatu a 2005. Kafin aikinsa na kwaleji a Harvard ya buga wasan hockey a makarantar sakandare a Makarantar St. Sebastian a Needham, Massachusetts.