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The Green Bay Gamblers are a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). They play in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, at the Resch Center.

The first professional hockey team to be based in Green Bay was the Green Bay Bobcats who started playing in 1958 when the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena was built. There is some confusion over what league the team played in during its early years or if the team played in multiple leagues. Some sources cite that the Bobcats played in the U. S. Central Hockey League, a predecessor to the current United States Hockey League (USHL). Other sources claim that the Bobcats did not start playing in the USCHL until 1961. The Green Bay Bobcats franchise folded after the 1980 1981 season and 23 years of play. However, since the 2008 2009 season, the Green Bay Gamblers have used a yellow bobcat prominently in the team's logo as well as having a bobcat by the name of "Ace" as the team's mascot.

Since their inception into the United States Hockey League in 1994, the Green Bay Gamblers have been one of the premiere junior "A" hockey franchises in all of North America. To their credit the Gamblers have won two Junior A, Tier 2 National Championships (Gold Cups in 1996 and 1997), five Anderson Cups (1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, and 2012), four Clark Cups (1996, 2000, 2010, and 2012), four USHL Eastern Division titles, and one USHL Northern Division title. Since the USHL became Tier 1 in 2002, the Clark Cup also represents that level's national championship.

From when the Gamblers entered the league at the start of the 1994 1995 season through the 2001 2002 season, the team's primary venue was at the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena. For the start of the 2002 2003 season, the Gamblers moved into the Resch Center, an 8,800 seat arena which was built on the opposite side of Shopko Hall. The team played at the Memorial Arena a few times each season due to scheduling conflicts with the Resch Center until the arena was scheduled for demolition in 2019. During the years at the Arena, other venues were sometimes used due to scheduling conflicts. These include the De Pere Ice & Recreation Center, the Brown County Youth Hockey Arena, the Cornerstone Community Center, Fond du Lac's Blue Line Ice Center, Beaver Dam Ice Arena, Greenheck Ice Center in Schofield. Since 1994 the average attendance of a Gamblers Game is 3,353 people, which is among the top in the USHL. In 2010, the Green Bay Gamblers set a USHL record for the highest attended playoff game when 8,487 fans showed up to see game five of the USHL Playoff championship, a game the Gamblers won resulting in franchise's third Clark Cup. The record has since been broken multiple times.

On March 25, 2013, former Gamblers head coach Jon Cooper was named the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He is the first USHL coaching alumnus to lead an NHL team. Former Gamblers head coach Derek Lalonde was hired by the Lightning as an assistant coach on July 12, 2018, joining Cooper's staff. On June 30, 2022, the Detroit Red Wings hired LaLonde as its head coach.

Green Bay Gamblers have had the following players selected in the NHL draft. Year Player Drafted team Pick 1997 Aaron Miskovich Colorado Avalanche 5th round Heath Gordon Chicago Blackhawks 6th round 1999 Ed Hill Nashville Predators 2nd round Stephan Baby Atlanta Thrashers 7th round Jeff Finger Colorado Avalanche 8th round 2000 John Eichelberger Philadelphia Flyers 7th round Jure Penko Nashville Predators 2002 Matt Greene Edmonton Oilers 2nd round Matt Jones Phoenix Coyotes 3rd round Nate Guenin New York Rangers 4th round Jake Taylor 6th round Joey Crabb 7th round Adam Burish Chicago Blackhawks 9th round 2004 Blake Wheeler Phoenix Coyotes 1st round Victor Oreskovich Colorado Avalanche 2nd round Kyle Klubertanz Anaheim Ducks 3rd round Wes O'Neill New York Islanders 4th round Spencer Dillon Florida Panthers 9th round Luke Beaverson 2005 Greg Beller New York Rangers 6th round 2006 Michael Forney Atlanta Thrashers 3rd round Eric Gryba Ottawa Senators Derrick LaPoint Florida Panthers 4th round 2007 Justin Braun San Jose Sharks 7th round 2009 Nick Jensen Detroit Red Wings 6th round Anders Lee New York Islanders 7th round 2010 Ben Gallacher Florida Panthers 4th round Christopher Crane San Jose Sharks 7th round 2011 Andy Welinski Anaheim Ducks 3rd round Adam Wilcox Tampa Bay Lightning 6th round Colin Sullivan Montreal Canadiens 7th round Alex Broadhurst Chicago Blackhawks Aaron Harstad Winnipeg Jets 2012 Jordan Schmaltz St. Louis Blues 1st round 2013 Connor Hurley Buffalo Sabres 2nd round Gustav Olofsson Minnesota Wild 2014 Nick Schmaltz Chicago Blackhawks 1st round Brendan Lemieux Buffalo Sabres 2nd round Joe Wegwerth Florida Panthers 4th round Matt Berkovitz Anaheim Ducks 5th round Christopher Brown Buffalo Sabres 6th round 2015 Vili Saarijärvi Detroit Red Wings 3rd round Brent Gates Jr. Anaheim Ducks Christian Wolanin Ottawa Senators 4th round Karch Bachman Florida Panthers 5th round Adam Parsells San Jose Sharks 6th round Adam Húska New York Rangers 7th round 2016 Andrew Peeke Columbus Blue Jackets 2nd round Rhett Gardner Dallas Stars 4th round 2017 Casey Mittelstadt Buffalo Sabres 1st round Maksim Zhukov Vegas Golden Knights 4th round 2018 Ryan O'Reilly Detroit Red Wings 4th round Demetrios Koumontzis Calgary Flames Jackson Perbix Anaheim Ducks David Hrenak Los Angeles Kings 5th round John Leonard San Jose Sharks 6th round 2019 Michael Vukojevic New Jersey Devils 3rd round McKade Webster Tampa Bay Lightning 7th round 2020 Mason Lohrei Boston Bruins 2nd round2022Cameron LundSan Jose Sharks2nd roundRyan GreeneChicago Blackhawks2023Jayson ShaugabayTampa Bay Lightning4th roundJames ClarkMinnesota Wild7th roundNicholas VantassellOttawa Senators