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2024-25: Assistant Captain ... Appeared in 29 games ... Tied for team lead with 10 goals and tied for second with 26 points ... First career hat trick in 7-2 win over Minnesota Duluth (1-17) ... GWG and assist in season-opening overtime win vs. Northern Michigan (10-11) ... Career-high four assists vs. NMU (10-12) ... NCHC Forward of the Week following Northern Michigan series ... GWG in 6-4 win at North Dakota (2-7) ... Finished season with season-high four-game point streak ... Finished third in the NCHC with a .573 faceoff winning percentage … Named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the NCHC and member of the all-academic team for the third consecutive year ... Signed with the New York Rangers following the season.

2023-24: Appeared in 36 games … 2024 Second-Team All-American … NCHC Defensive Player of the Year and winner of Three Stars Award … Led team with career-highs of 20 goals and 37 points … Tied for team lead with 17 assists … Two goals, including GWG vs. Union College (10-14) … Two goals, including a SHG, in each game at Miami … Added two assists at Miami for season-high six-point weekend … NCHC Player of the Month for January … Scored overtime GWG at No. 1 North Dakota (12-8), at Minnesota Duluth (1-13), and both games at No. 12 Western Michigan … Led the nation with four OT goals … Goal and two assists in 6-2 win over No. 2 North Dakota (2-17) … Two goals, including a SHG, in 4-3 win over No. 4 Denver (3-8) … Finished tied for third in nation with three SHG and fourth with seven GWG, the most by a Tiger since 2005-06 … Finished seventh in the NCHC with a .571 faceoff winning percentage … Named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the NCHC and member of the all-academic team for the second consecutive year.

2022-23: Appeared in 35 games … Finished second on team with 22 points and 11 goals … Most points by a freshman since Bryan Yoon had 26 (3g,23a) in 2018-19 … Two goals and three assists in 8-0 victory over Air Force (10-28) … Most points by a Tiger in one game since Nov. 6, 2010 … Two goals and an assist in opening-weekend sweep of UAA … Finished seventh in the NCHC with a .549 faceoff-winning percentage … First career goal was shorthanded (10-7) … Goal and assist vs. UAA (10-8) and at Omaha (2-10) … Named NCHC Rookie of the Week after UAA series … Also scored twice vs. Minnesota Duluth (11-4) … Assisted on Tyler Coffey’s GWG in first game of NCHC playoffs at Western Michigan (3-10) … Goal in 3-2 overtime series-clinching victory at Western Michigan (3-11) … Two assists in 4-2 victory over #3 St. Cloud State (1-13) … Named a Distinguished Scholar-Athlete by the NCHC and a member of the all-academic team.

Before Colorado College: Fourth-round selection by the New York Rangers in the 2022 NHL Draft … Posted 39 points (15g,24a) in 50 games with the Lincoln Stars last season … Finished sixth on the team in points and tied for fifth in goals … Collected 19 points (6g,13a) in 46 games with Lincoln during the 2020-21 campaign … Previously played for Belle Tire, Compuware and Oakland Jr. Grizzlies AAA teams.
 
Personal: Parents are Sarkis and Leslie Laba … Has two brothers, Devin and Jaden, and two sisters, Nina and Ari … Interested in continuing his hockey career following his time at CC … Hobbies include wakeboarding, surfing and hanging out with friends … Favorite food is pasta … Favorite book is Rich Dad/Poor Dad … Favorite movie is Miracle … Person in history he would most like to meet is Stephen Hawking … Favorite sport other than hockey is golf … Started playing hockey at age 4 … Favorite professional team is the Detroit Red Wings and favorite player is Pavel Datsyuk.