Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge ọzọ, Gilchrist mere akara ya dị ka onye rookie na WHL na Kelowna Wings. N'afọ 1985, mgbe ha meriri nke ugboro atọ n'usoro, ndị otu ahụ kwagara Spokane, Washington, ma gbanwee aha ya na Chiefs. Gilchrist ghọrọ kpakpando na WHL ngwa ngwa wee gbakọọ ihe mgbaru ọsọ 141 na isi ihe 290 na naanị egwuregwu 218 a na-egwu. A họpụtara Gilchrist onye nke 79 site na Montreal Canadiens na
Ntughari ntinye NHL nke 1985.