He was selected by the Canucks in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft while playing junior for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League.
Gamble would even start in the post-season for the Canucks playing a memorable Smythe Division semifinals match-up against the Los Angeles Kings.
However, due to reoccurring concussion problems Gamble's career was derailed by PCS symptoms including nausea and recurring headaches.
[7] Gamble later took a manager's job with M-I SWACO, a Texas-based company specializing in global oil and gas production.
[5] On March 11, 2010, it was reported that Troy's son Garrett Gamble was killed in Afghanistan while serving as a member of the United States Marine Corps.