It is Day time in Flint
Being a workhorse goalie is part of the routine for Nathan Day of the Flint Firebirds. Day has been in the net for every minute of Flint’s five games to begin the ’24-25 Ontario Hockey League season.
This follows up a ’23-24 campaign when the 6 foot 4, 205 pound Day appeared in 54 of Flint’s 68 regular season games and then played every minute of the Firebirds four playoff matches against the eventual OHL champion London Knights.
Through the five games to begin the ’24-25 season, Day has a record of 3-2-0 with a 2.79 goals against average and .895 save percentage in 301 minutes of work.
In ’23-24, the 2005 birth year goalie played in 3,124 minutes in the Flint net and had a record of 25-26-2 with a 3.73 goals against average and .868 save percentage. A National Hockey League draft pick of the Edmonton Oilers, Day then had a playoff record of 0-3-1 with a 3.14 goals against average and .894 save percentage as no. 8 seed Flint was swept by no. 1 seed London in the opening round.