Editing Hap Day

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 175
| played_for = [[Toronto St. Pats]]/[[Toronto Maple Leafs|Maple Leafs]]<br/> [[New York Americans]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|6|14}}
| birth_place = [[Owen Sound]], Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|2|17|1901|6|14}}
| death_place = [[St. Thomas, Ontario]], Canada
| career_start = 1924
| career_end = 1938
| draft = 
| draft_year = 
| draft_team = 
| image = Clarence Hap Day.jpg
| image_size = 165px
| halloffame = 1961
}}

'''Clarence Henry '''"'''Happy'''"''' Day''' (June 14, 1901 – February 17, 1990), later known as '''Hap Day''', was a Canadian professional [[ice hockey|hockey]] player who played 14 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] for the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and [[New York Americans]]. Day enjoyed a 33-year career as a player, referee, coach and assistant general manager, 28 of which were spent in various capacities with the Maple Leafs.  He was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1961.

His name appears on the [[Stanley Cup]] 7 times—1932 (as Captain), 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949 (as coach) and 1951 (as assistant manager); all with the Maple Leafs.

==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>

==Career==
He played for the Hamilton Tigers of the [[Ontario Hockey Association]] in 1922–23 and 1923–24 then joined the varsity team at the [[University of Toronto]], where he was enrolled as a pharmacy major. 

Day was persuaded to turn professional in 1924 by [[Charlie Querrie]], owner of the [[Toronto St. Pats]]. He played [[forward (hockey)|left wing]] in his rookie season and then switched to [[Defenceman|defence]], where he would remain for the rest of his career. He became team captain in 1926.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

In 1927, the St. Pats were purchased by [[Conn Smythe]] and renamed the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. Smythe kept Day as team captain.  He also became a partner in Smythe's sand and gravel business. After Smythe acquired star defenceman [[King Clancy]] from the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]] in 1931, Day and Clancy formed one of the top defence pairings in the NHL. The team won the [[Stanley Cup]] in 1932. While still playing for the Leafs, Day became coach of the [[West Toronto Nationals]] OHA junior team and led them to a [[Memorial Cup]] victory in 1936. On September 23, 1937, Day was sold to the [[New York Americans]] and spent one season there before retiring as a player in 1938.  His 11-year tenure as captain of the St. Pats/Maple Leafs is second only to [[George Armstrong (ice hockey)|George Armstrong]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Day worked as a referee for the next two years before returning to the Leafs as coach. He guided the team through the 1940s, winning the Stanley Cup five times in 10 seasons.  He was the winningest coach in Maple Leafs history until [[Punch Imlach]] passed him; Day still ranks second on the franchise wins list behind Imlach.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Smythe promoted Day to assistant general manager in 1950. His name was engraved on the cup a 7th time in 1951. In 1955, Smythe gave Day control over most hockey operations, but remained general manager on paper.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://assets.mapleleafs.com/assets/history/all_time_captains_coaches_GMs.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-06-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703065954/http://assets.mapleleafs.com/assets/history/all_time_captains_coaches_GMs.pdf |archive-date=July 3, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  Just after the Leafs were eliminated in the playoffs in March 1957, Day was publicly embarrassed by Smythe, who told the media that he didn't know if Day was available to return to the Leafs for the following season. Officially, Day resigned, but behind the scenes he had been pushed out and was replaced by a committee headed by Smythe's son [[Stafford Smythe]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

==Later life==
Day retired to enter business life, running Elgin Handles in [[St. Thomas, Ontario]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/2017/03/06/clarence-happy-day-banner-to-come-to-st-thomas/wcm/72eb7a05-696e-3214-8a24-72268b4ac0ae|title=Clarence "Happy" Day banner to come to St. Thomas}}</ref> until selling it to his son in 1977. Day was almost convinced by [[Jack Kent Cooke]] to become the first general manager of the [[Los Angeles Kings]] in 1967, but he decided not to take the job, recommending [[Larry Regan]] instead.

Day died in St. Thomas at age 88 in 1990.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/18/obituaries/clarence-hap-day-hockey-coach-88.html?pagewanted=1|title=Clarence (Hap) Day, Hockey Coach, 88|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 18, 1990}}</ref> He and his number 4 were honoured (but not retired) by the Maple Leafs on October 4, 2006 at the [[Air Canada Centre]]. However, in 2016, the Maple Leafs retired his number, as part of their Centennial season celebrations.

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| 1921–22
| Collingwood
| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA Jr]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1922–23
| [[Hamilton Tigers]]
| [[OHA Senior A League (1890–1979)|OHA Sr]]
| 11 || 4 || 11 || 15 || 4
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 1923–24
| Hamilton Tigers
| OHA Sr
| 10 || 6 || 11 || 17 || —
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1924–25 NHL season|1924–25]]
| [[Toronto St. Pats]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 26 || 10 || 12 || 22 || 27
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1925–26 NHL season|1925–26]]
| Toronto St. Pats
| NHL
| 36 || 14 || 2 || 16 || 26
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1926–27 NHL season|1926–27]]
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs|Toronto St. Pats/Maple Leafs]]
| NHL
| 44 || 11 || 5 || 16 || 50
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1927–28 NHL season|1927–28]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 27 || 9 || 8 || 17 || 48
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1928–29 NHL season|1928–29]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 44 || 6 || 6 || 12 || 85
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4
|-
| [[1929–30 NHL season|1929–30]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 43 || 7 || 14 || 21 || 77
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1930–31 NHL season|1930–31]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 44 || 1 || 13 || 14 || 56
| 2 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 7
|-
| [[1931–32 NHL season|1931–32]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 47 || 7 || 8 || 15 || 33
| 7 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1932–33 NHL season|1932–33]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 47 || 6 || 14 || 20 || 46
| 9 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 21
|-
| [[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 48 || 9 || 10 || 19 || 35
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1934–35 NHL season|1934–35]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 45 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 38
| 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
|-
| [[1935–36 NHL season|1935–36]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 44 || 1 || 13 || 14 || 41
| 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1936–37 NHL season|1936–37]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 48 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 20
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[1937–38 NHL season|1937–38]]
| [[New York Americans]]
| NHL
| 43 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 14
| 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals
! 586 !! 86 !! 116 !! 202 !! 596
! 51 !! 4 !! 7 !! 11 !! 56
|}
==Coaching record==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="6"|[[Regular season]] !! colspan="1"|[[Post season]]
|-
! G !! W !! L !! T !! Pts !!Finish !! Result
|- 
![[Toronto Maple Leafs|TOR]]||[[1940–41 NHL season|1940–41]]
|48||28||14||6||62||2nd in [[National Hockey League|NHL]]||Lost in semi-finals (3-4 vs. [[Boston Bruins|BOS]])
|-
!TOR||[[1941–42 NHL season|1941–42]]
|48||27||18||3||57||2nd in NHL||Won in semi-finals (4-2 vs. [[New York Rangers|NYR]]) <br> '''Won [[1942 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] (4-3 vs. [[Detroit Red Wings|DET]])'''
|-
!TOR||[[1942–43 NHL season|1942–43]]
|50||22||19||9||53||3rd in NHL||Lost in semi-finals (2-4 vs. [[Detroit Red Wings|DET]])
|-
!TOR||[[1943–44 NHL season|1943–44]]
|50||23||23||4||50||3rd in NHL||Lost in semi-finals (1-4 vs. [[Montreal Canadiens|MTL]])
|-
!TOR||[[1944–45 NHL season|1944–45]]
|50||24||22||4||52||3rd in NHL||Won in semi-finals (4-2 vs. [[Montreal Canadiens|MTL]]) <br> '''Won [[1945 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] (4-3 vs. [[Detroit Red Wings|DET]])'''
|-
!TOR||[[1945–46 NHL season|1945–46]]
|50||19||24||7||45||5th in NHL||Did not qualify
|- 
!TOR||[[1946–47 NHL season|1946–47]]
|60||31||19||10||72||2nd in NHL||Won in semi-finals (4-1 vs. [[Detroit Red Wings|DET]]) <br> '''Won [[1947 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] (4-2 vs. [[Montreal Canadiens|MTL]])'''
|-
!TOR||[[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48]]
|60||32||15||13||77||'''1st in NHL'''||Won in semi-finals (4-1 vs. [[Boston Bruins|BOS]]) <br> '''Won [[1948 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] (4-0 vs. [[Detroit Red Wings|DET]])'''
|-
!TOR||[[1948–49 NHL season|1948–49]]
|60||22||25||13||57||4th in NHL||Won in semi-finals (4-1 vs. [[Boston Bruins|BOS]]) <br> '''Won [[1949 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] (4-0 vs. [[Detroit Red Wings|DET]])'''
|-
!TOR||[[1949–50 NHL season|1949–50]]
|70||31||27||12||74||3rd in NHL||Lost in semi-finals (3-4 vs. [[Detroit Red Wings|DET]])
|-
! colspan="2"|Total ||546||259||206||81||599||||5 Stanley Cups (49-31, 0.613)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{icehockeystats|legendsm=P196103}}

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{{succession box | before = [[Bert Corbeau]] | title = [[List of Toronto Maple Leafs captains|Toronto Maple Leafs captain]] | years = [[1927–28 NHL season|1927]]–[[1936–37 NHL season|37]]  | after = [[Charlie Conacher]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[Dick Irvin]] | title = [[Head coaches of the Toronto Maple Leafs|Head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs]] | years = [[1940–41 NHL season|1940]]–[[1949–50 NHL season|50]] | after = [[Joe Primeau]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[Conn Smythe]] | title = [[List of Toronto Maple Leafs general managers|General manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs]] | years = [[1955–56 NHL season|1955]]–[[1956–57 NHL season|57]] (shared with [[Conn Smythe]]) | after = [[Stafford Smythe]] (de facto)}}
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