UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - When he walked into the Bloomington Thunder locker room for the first time in 2014, freshman forward Blake Gober expected to see a familiar number on the back of his jersey. Growing up wearing the No. 19, Gober was thrown a curve ball when the Thunder assigned him No. 23.
Gober was playing on the inaugural Thunder team during the 2014-15 season, which was an opportunity he had worked relentlessly for.
"I was never drafted into the USHL and I went to a bunch of camps and never made a team," Gober said.