▁and ▁making ▁the ▁team ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁rules ▁of ▁the ▁competition . ▁He ▁successfully ▁purs ued ▁players ▁on ▁military ▁duty ▁to ▁play ▁on ▁the ▁national ▁team , ▁including ▁Stuart ▁Ir ving , ▁Dick ▁McG lyn n ▁and ▁Henry ▁B ouch a ; ▁and ▁also ▁chose ▁future ▁National ▁Hockey ▁League ▁( N HL ) ▁players ▁Mark ▁How e ▁and ▁Rob bie ▁F t ore k . ▁Tr umble ▁later ▁managed ▁the ▁American ▁men ' s ▁national ▁team ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁World ▁Ice ▁Hockey ▁Championships ▁Pool ▁B ▁in ▁Tokyo . ▁ ▁Tr umble ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁person ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁the ▁full - time ▁executive ▁director ▁of ▁A HA US , ▁working ▁in ▁that ▁position ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁He ▁successfully ▁led ▁A HA US ▁from ▁operating ▁a ▁def ic it ▁into ▁a ▁prof itable ▁business ▁with ▁its ▁own ▁office ▁in ▁Colorado ▁Spr ings , ▁Colorado , ▁growing ▁the ▁full - time ▁staff ▁from ▁two ▁employees ▁to ▁fifteen . ▁Tr umble ▁increased ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁teams ▁registered ▁with ▁A HA US ▁from ▁ 7 , 0 1 5 ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁to ▁ 1 1 , 5 4 3 ▁teams ▁by ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁and ▁increased ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁ref ere es ▁from ▁ 3 , 1 7 8 ▁to ▁ 8 , 4 3 4 ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁period . ▁He ▁also ▁implemented ▁clin ics ▁for ▁coach es ▁and ▁ref ere es ,