Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na filifilia Welch e le Pittsburgh Penguins i le
2001 NHL Entry Draft, filifilia 54th atoa i le 2nd taamilosaga. O Noa sa avea ma kapeteni o le ʻau hockey a le Iunivesite o Harvard, ma na faauu o ia i le 2005. A o leʻi amata lana galuega i le kolisi i Harvard, sa taalo o ia i le hockey i le aʻoga maualuga i le St. Sebastian's School i Needham, Massachusetts.