When Kris Mayotte recruited Noah Laba to Colorado College, he wasn’t chasing a flash of potential — he was building a foundation. The newly hired head coach had a vision: rebuild the Tigers into a championship program. And in Laba, then a driven kid playing his second full season with the Lincoln Stars in the USHL, and soon to be a 2022 fourth-round draft pick by the New York Rangers, he saw the exact kind of player who could help him do it.
“Noah was part of the first recruiting class we brought in after taking over the program,” Mayotte told Forever Blueshirts.