Logan Day has won back-to-back Calder Cups with the Hershey Bears as one of the team’s top contributors from the backend. Now, he’s back for a run at a threepeat after inking a one-year AHL deal with the club on Wednesday.
Day joins Garrett Roe, Riley Sutter, Hardy Häman Aktell, Alex Limoges, Matt Strome, and Nicky Leivermann as some of the main faces from the 2024 championship team to sign new contracts with the Bears this summer.
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Back-to-back Calder Cup Champion Logan Day has signed an AHL contract for the 2024-25 season. Welcome back, Dazy!
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The 29-year-old defender appeared in 54 games for the Bears during the 2023-24 campaign, tallying 25 points (6g, 19a), the second most among the club’s defensemen. He then skated in 15 playoff games, amassing seven points (2g, 5a), good for third-most among the team’s rearguards.
His biggest playoff point in this most recent run was likely his assist on Roe’s overtime goal that sent Hershey to the 2024 Cup Finals.
“I threw an absolute muffin and luckily it bounced right onto his stick,” Day said then. “I mean, that guy is 87 years old so he’s played a couple hockey games and right place, right time for him and he buried it.”
Day has played in 307 career AHL games with Bakersfield, Lehigh Valley, and Hershey, racking up 122 points (28g, 94a).
Hershey now has 12 defensemen with AHL contracts for next season. Day is the latest to join the group after the Bears brought in Brad Hunt, an All-Star blueliner, last week.
Here’s the press release from the Bears:
BEARS RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN LOGAN DAY
Defender returns after helping Hershey to back-to-back Calder Cup titles
(Hershey, PA – August 7, 2024) – The 2024 Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears announced today that the club has re-signed defenseman Logan Day to an American Hockey League contract for the 2024-25 season. The announcement was made by Hershey vice president of hockey operations Bryan Helmer.
Day, 29, returns after helping Hershey to back-to-back Calder Cup titles. The Seminole, Florida native appeared in 54 games for the Bears in 2023-24, scoring 25 points (6g, 19a), the second most among the club’s defensemen. He skated in 15 playoff games, registering seven points (2g, 5a) as Hershey completed the club’s quest to repeat as league champions.
In his first season with Hershey in 2022-23, Day played 36 regular season games with the Bears, registering 12 assists. He enjoyed a standout 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs, finishing second on the team and second among all AHL defenders in scoring with 14 points (3g, 11a) in 19 games for Hershey. He collected five assists in the 2023 Calder Cup Finals as Hershey won its first of two straight titles.
Day has played in 307 career AHL games with Bakersfield, Lehigh Valley, and Hershey, scoring 122 points (28g, 94a).
