 He admitted that his job was mostly administrative in nature, such as making travel arrangements and making the team aware of the rules of the competition.He successfully pursued players on military duty to play on the national team, including Stuart Irving, Dick McGlynn and Henry Boucha; and also chose future National Hockey League (NHL) players Mark Howe and Robbie Ftorek.Trumble later managed the American men's national team at the 1983 World Ice Hockey Championships Pool B in Tokyo.