Gove grew up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and played youth hockey locally and in the Boston area.[citation needed] As a youth, he played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Boston Bruins minor ice hockey team. He later played college hockey for the Western Michigan University Broncos, where he was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award for the top player in NCAA men\'s hockey.\n', '

Undrafted, Gove played in two NHL games with the Carolina Hurricanes over his professional career. Gove was recalled by the Hurricanes on January 30, 2006 and recorded an assist in his first NHL game.\n', '

Several months later, the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup. Gove did not meet the qualifications to have his name engraved on the Cup because he did not play in half of the regular season games or make a Cup Final appearance, but he was included in the Stanley Cup team picture and was able to raise the Cup after the Hurricanes\' Cup victory due to being a member of the team\'s "Black Aces" "taxi squad." He was also presented with a Stanley Cup ring by the team.\n', '

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