 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Thomas aiva nhengo yekirasi yokupedzisira yaBob Johnson yokunyoresa uye akatanga kutamba muWisconsin gore rimwe pashure pokunge chikwata chacho chawana mukombe wavo wechitatu weNCAA. VaBadgers vakanga vachiri chikwata chine simba mumwaka wokutanga waThomas, vachikunda WCHA Tournament ndokudzokera kumutambo wemakwikwi wenyika, chete kumusangano weNorth Dakota. Thomas akanga atamba zvakanaka mwaka iwoyo uye akakokwa kuti atore rutivi mu 1982 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Chikwata cheUSA chakapedza chiri pachinhanhatu, mhedzisiro yakajairika kuchikwata. Mwaka wakatevera wakatanga kuumba kunyange zviri nani nokuda kwaThomas. Wisconsin yakaratidzika kuva yakagadzirira kukwikwidzana nokuda kwechikwata zvakare apo iye akapedza nguva sezvose zviri zviviri mberi uye mudziviriri. Thomas akatamba muWJC yake yechipiri uye, kunyange zvazvo akanga asingakwanisi kuvabatsira kuti vapedze mumenduru, Thomas akatungamirira US National team mukuwana zvibodzwa. Kutamba kwake kwakanaka kwakaita kuti akumbirwe kuNational Team yeWorld Championships iri kuuyauye akaramba ari muchikwata chenyika kwasara gore. Thomas akabatsira United States kukunda muchikamu cheB nekuramba isina kukundwa uye kukwidziridzwa kuchikwata chepamusoro chemakwikwi epasi rose anotevera. 