Adam Foote

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Defence
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 226
team = Colorado Avalanche
league = NHL
nationality = Canada
birth_date = birth date and age|1971|07|10
birth_place = Whitby, ON, CAN
draft = 22nd overall
draft_year = 1989
draft_team = Québec Nordiques


image_size =
career_start = 1992
former_teams = Columbus Blue Jackets
Quebec Nordiques

Adam Foote (born July 10, 1971) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman playing for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League.

Minor hockey

Foote grew up playing hockey for the Brooklin-Whitby Minor Hockey Association (OMHA). He was a minor hockey teammate of former NHL'er Keith Primeau for several years leading their teams to several OMHA "AA" Championships in the early 1980s.

After a successful Midget season with Brooklin-Whitby's AA team, Foote was a 2nd round underage choice (21st overall) of the S.S. Marie Greyhounds in the 1988 OHL Priority Selection.

Foote went on to play three OHL seasons with the Greyhounds - his last season for future NHL head coach Ted Nolan.

Playing career

Foote was selected 22nd overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He played for Quebec for four seasons until the franchise moved to Colorado (and became the Colorado Avalanche), where he played for nine seasons. He has won two Stanley Cups (1996, 2001) and a gold medal for Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics. A physical presence, he is known for his gritty, sometimes dirty (though never intentionally injurious) play, and has occasionally been assigned to "shadow" opposing teams' premiere forwards.

On August 1, 2005, Foote signed a 3-year contract worth $13.5 million with the Columbus Blue Jackets and was immediately named an alternate captain. He became the Blue Jackets' captain in December of that year (Luke Richardson resigned the captaincy).

Foote was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2006 Olympics.

On February 26th, 2008, amid some controversy [Arace, Michael. [http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/bluejackets/stories/2008/03/01/arace01.ART_ART_03-01-08_C1_V49GNET.html?sid=101 "Something stinks with Foote's story on staying put"] , "The Columbus Dispatch", 2008-03-01. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.] , Foote was traded from the Blue Jackets back to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for two conditional draft picks. Later that night, he arrived in Calgary during the first period to play against the Flames.

Then on June 30th 2008, Foote agreed to re-sign with the Avalanche with a two year 6-million dollar deal where he will earn 3-million in each season. After returning to the Avalanche at the end of the trade deadline last season Foote managed 1 goal and 15 assists for a total of 16 points in 75 games with the Avs and Blue Jackets combined.

Awards & Achievements

*OHL First All-Star team - 1991

Career statistics

International play

Played for Canada in:
*1996 World Cup of Hockey
*1998 Winter Olympics
*2002 Winter Olympics (gold medal)
*2004 World Cup of Hockey (gold medal)
*2006 Winter Olympics

International statistics

References

External links

*nhlprofile|8456283
*hockeydb|1735
*TSN-NHL-profile|843