Feature: Rookies Come Up Big for Raiders
The following article featuring Colgate freshmen Brian Day and Kevin McNamara appeared March 5 on the Colgate University Web site.
By Isaac Goodling
HAMILTON, N.Y. -- In recent years the Colgate men's hockey team
has established a tradition of first-year players quickly becoming
contributors on the ice, with a player named to the ECAC
Hockey all-rookie team in three of the last four seasons.
Carrying the torch for the youth movement this
year are forward Brian Day (Danvers, Mass.) and
defenseman Kevin McNamara (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), a pair of
outstanding players who have combined for 31 points in their first
34 collegiate games to rank first and second on the team
in scoring among freshmen. However, there is more than just their
talent separating them from the average rookie hockey player, as
the two have been friends and rivals almost since the day that they
first laced up their skates.
After playing against each other for several years in Boston youth
leagues, Day and McNamara found themselves on the same squad for a
select summer league, which helped solidify their
friendship. Though they chose to attend different prep
schools, with Day going to the Governor's Academy while
McNamara was at Belmont Hill, they continued playing
together during the summers. It is in large part because
of this relationship that the Raiders were fortunate enough to add
both players to their roster. Day committed first, and it was
on his advice that McNamara decided to look seriously at Colgate as
well.
Complete article can be accessed via the Colgate Web site by clicking here.
