As a youth, Rumble played in the 1982 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Barrie.
Rumble was selected 20th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. Rumble turned professional with the Hershey Bears in 1989–90. He played three seasons with the Bears, managing three games with the Flyers. He was selected in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He played two seasons with Ottawa, before returning to the AHL with the Prince Edward Island Senators. In 1995, he became the property of the Flyers for the second time, and mostly played for their affiliates the Hershey Bears and the Philadelphia Phantoms. He did manage 15 games in the NHL.[citation needed]
In 1997, he left North America to play one season for the Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. After that season, Rumble would spend the following seven seasons with various AHL and IHL teams, with occasional callups to NHL clubs St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning, including five games with the Lightning in the 2003–04 season for which the club won the Stanley Cup. His final playing season was with Springfield in 2004–05, becoming their assistant coach as a mid-season replacement. Over his career, Rumble played 193 career NHL games, scoring 10 goals and 26 assists for 36 points.[citation needed]

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