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The 23-year-old transferred to Northeastern University and remained in Division I and the conference of Hockey-East, but per NCAA rules was forced to sit out the entirety of the 2015-16 collegiate season.
After failing to play a game for Northeastern, Day followed the opportunity to Massachusetts and the Endicott College Gulls in NCAA Division III where he amassed 30 goals and 78 points in 56 games in two seasons, earning the Commonwealth Coast Conference Player of the Year Award and getting a nomination for the Joe Concannon Award.
The 6-foot, right-shot rearguard succeeded off the ice in addition to his play on it as a Dean's List recipient and selection to the Academic All-Conference team for his studies in Business Management.
"One of my good buddies who was at Endicott told me he thought I'd be a good fit there," Day added. "I fell in love with the campus, met the coach who put a lot of trust in me, and I put everything I had into it. I had awesome teammates and we were well-connected, and without them my success wouldn't have been there individually."
An amateur try-out contract (ATO) with the Bakersfield Condors ended in a successful 10-game stint that included two goals - enough to earn him a one-year deal for the upcoming 2018-19 AHL season that became official earlier this month.
"It was a good experience and had a lot of fun," Day said of his first stint in the pro game. "At first it was a bit tough, but at the end of the day you're still playing hockey. After a couple of games I found my way. All the guys there helped me along, and whenever I had a question they had an answer."
Day is prepared to reward the faith put in him by the people that made it possible to allow him to focus on a full year in Bakersfield this upcoming AHL campaign.
"I was talking to one of the scouts Scott Harlow and he said they had an opportunity for me here in Bakersfield this season and were putting their trust in me, then told me to go out and put my best into it and work hard," Day said. "I've been focusing on that this week and I'm prepared to continue that this upcoming season."
