Editing Hap Day (section)

==Early life==
Day was born in [[Owen Sound]], [[Ontario]]. During his teenage years, his family moved to Port McNicoll, Ontario, a small village outside Midland, Ontario. While developing his early hockey skills, Day skated with the Midland Juniors, and while attending Midland High School, wore the uniform of its hockey team. Legend has it he would often walk from Port McNicoll to Midland (approximately three kilometres away) in the winter, for games at the town's Casino Rink.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Day played senior [[lacrosse]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario]] in the early 1920s. He was teammates and roommates with future professional hockey players [[Carson Cooper]], and future [[Canadian Amateur Hockey Association]] president [[Frank Sargent (sports executive)|Frank Sargent]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Frank Sargent dead at 86|date=September 29, 1988|newspaper=The Chronicle-Journal|location=Thunder Bay, Ontario|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Realm of Sport|date=April 19, 1940|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=22|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-apr-19-1940-1634946/}}{{free access}}</ref>