During the 2017-18 season, he was named as a
2018 Hobey Baker
nominee, which is awarded to the top National Collegiate Athletic Association (
NCAA
) men's ice hockey player. For the second year in a row, he was added to the NCAA Second All-Star Team (16-17, 17-18). He was also named as a finalist for NCHC Three Stars Award and was selected as the Bauer NCHC Offensive Player of the Week for the week of January 8, 2018.
During his sophomore year, Gambrell helped lead the University of Denver Pioneers to the 2017 NCAA championship title. In seven tournament games (conference and NCAA), he was tied for second on his team in points (7), fourth in assists (5), plus/minus rating (+8), and shots (18), and tied for fourth in goals (2).
As a freshman at University of Denver, he was named to the NCAA All-Rookie team. He was second amongst all NCHC freshmen in goals (17), assists (30), points (47), and shots (107).
Gambrell was also a Clark Cup Champion as a rookie with the
Dubuque Fighting Saints
of the
USHL
in 2012-13. In that season, Gambrell was tied for the lead in points (27), and second in goals (9) and assists (18) amongst Fighting Saints rookies.
The 21 year-old, six-foot, 195-pound native of
Bonny Lake, Washington
, was drafted by San Jose in the second round (60th overall) of the
2016 NHL Draft
.
