 During the next four seasons he played mainly in the minors with the Portland Buckaroos, Kingston Frontenacs and Springfield Indians, and was called up by the Bruins for 28 games in 1961–62.Gamble refused to go back to the minors in 1964–65, and so the Bruins suspended him from Springfield for the entire season.The following year he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs.