Cal Foote
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1998)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Cal Foote
| image = Cal Foote (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Foote with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|12|13}}
| birth_place = Englewood, Colorado, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 214
| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| league = Slovakia
| team = MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš
| prospect_team =
| prospect_league =
| former_teams = Tampa Bay Lightning
Nashville Predators
New Jersey Devils
| ntl_team =
| draft = 14th overall
| draft_year = 2017
| draft_team = Tampa Bay Lightning
| career_start = 2018
| career_end =
}}
Callan Hayden Foote (born December 13, 1998) is an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš of the Slovak Extraliga. He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Foote was selected 14th overall in the 2017 NHL entry draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/first-round-pick-cal-foote-excited-to-join-tampa-bay-lightning/c-290107400|title=First-round pick Cal Foote 'excited' to join Lightning|first=Bryan|last=Burns|work=Tampa Bay Lightning|date=June 23, 2017|accessdate=June 24, 2017}} Foote won the Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2021.
Playing career
=Junior=
Foote was drafted in the second-round by the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the 2013 WHL bantam draft.{{cite web |url=http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/sports/article_3eeff508-5051-11e5-a809-377c692488cd.html|title=Foote brothers have bright futures with Rockets|first=Larry|last=Fisher|work=kelownadailycourier.ca|date=August 31, 2015|accessdate=June 24, 2017}} After being drafted by Kelowna, Foote played two seasons with the Colorado Thunderbirds under-16 team in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League before making his WHL debut in the 2015–16 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftprospectdetail.htm?cat=1&dpid=106952&sort=finalRank&year=2017 |title=Callan Foote Scouting Profile |author= |date=June 23, 2017 | website = NHL.com |access-date=June 26, 2017 |quote=}} In his draft year, Foote posted 57 points in 71 games for the Kelowna Rockets.{{cite web |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/hockey/lightning/lightning-takes-defenseman-cal-foote-with-top-pick-in-draft/2328361/|title=Lightning takes defenseman Cal Foote with top pick in draft|first=Joe|last=Smith|work=Tampa Bay Times|date=June 23, 2017|access-date=June 24, 2017}} On June 23, 2017, the Tampa Bay Lightning selected Foote in the first round of the 2017 NHL entry draft with the 14th overall pick.{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com/florida/story/tampa-bay-lightning-pick-cal-foote-in-2017-nhl-draft-062317 |title=Lightning go defense by taking Cal Foote with the 14th pick |author= |date=June 23, 2017 | website = NHL.com |publisher=Fox Sports Sun |access-date=June 28, 2017 |quote=}} Foote was the eighth Kelowna Rockets player in team history to be drafted in the first round.{{cite web |url=http://kelownarockets.com/article/foote-taken-by-tampa-bay-in-round-one-of-the-nhl-entry-draft|title=Foote Taken by Tampa Bay in Round One of the NHL Entry Draft|first=Kevin|last=Bain|work=Kelowna Rockets|date=June 23, 2017|accessdate=June 27, 2017}}
On September 22, 2017, Foote was named as the 23rd captain in the Kelowna Rockets history.{{cite web |url=http://kelownarockets.com/article/rockets-unveil-23rd-captain-in-franchise-history|title=Rockets Unveil 23rd Captain in Franchise History|first=Kevin|last=Bain|work=Kelowna Rockets|date=September 22, 2017|accessdate=September 22, 2017}} On April 1, 2018, Foote was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract by the Tampa Bay Lightning.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/lightning-sign-cal-foote-to-entry-level-contract/c-297549068 |title=Lightning sign Cal Foote to entry-level contract |author= |date=April 1, 2018 |website=NHL.com |publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning |access-date=April 1, 2018}}
=Professional=
After signing his entry-level contract, Foote joined the Syracuse Crunch, the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Lightning.{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/crunch/index.ssf/2018/04/tampa_bay_first-rounder_expected_to_join_syracuse_crunch_lineup_this_week.html |title=Tampa Bay first-rounder expected to join Syracuse Crunch lineup this week |first=Lindsay |last=Kramer |work=Syracuse.com |date=April 2, 2018 |access-date=April 2, 2018}} On April 6, 2018, Foote made his professional ice hockey debut in a 4–3 Crunch shootout loss to the Binghamton Devils. Foote scored the first goal of the game on his first shot.{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/crunch/index.ssf/2018/04/syracuse_crunch_blows_leads_falls_to_binghamton_in_shootout.html |title=Syracuse Crunch blows leads, falls to Binghamton in shootout |author= |work=Syracuse.com |date=April 6, 2018 |access-date=April 11, 2018}} In his first full professional season, Foote scored 10 goals and 21 assists, for a total of 31 points. In four games in the 2019 Calder Cup playoffs, he went scoreless.
Foote was one of the eight players called up to the Lightning for their training camp prior to the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/tampa-bay-lightning-announce-2020-training-camp-roster-schedule/c-317388742 | title = Lightning announce 2020 training camp roster, schedule |publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning |via=NHL.com | date = July 13, 2020 | access-date = July 13, 2020}} In the 2020–21 season, on January 13, 2021, Foote made his NHL debut in a 5–1 Lightning win in the season opener against the Chicago Blackhawks.{{cite web | url = https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/defenseman-cal-foote-to-make-nhl-debut-tonight-in-2020-21-opener/c-320239234 | title = Cal Foote to make NHL debut tonight in 2020-21 opener | publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning |via=NHL.com | date = January 13, 2021 | access-date = January 21, 2021}}{{cite web |url = https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/nbcsports/blackhawks-drop-nhl-2020-21-season-opener-5-1-to-lightning/2416226/ | title = Blackhawks Drop NHL 2020-21 Season Opener 5-1 to Lightning | work=NBC Chicago |last=King |first=Scott |date = January 13, 2021 | access-date = January 21, 2021}} On January 30, Foote scored his first NHL goal and point against Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators.{{cite web| url = https://www.tampabay.com/sports/lightning/2021/01/31/lightning-rookie-cal-foote-scores-first-nhl-goal/ | title = Lightning rookie Cal Foote scores first NHL goal | work=Tampa Bay Times |last=Encina |first=Eduardo A. | date = January 30, 2021 | access-date = February 1, 2021}} On March 25, Foote recorded his first career NHL assist.{{cite web | url = https://www.rawcharge.com/2021/3/26/22351769/tampa-bay-lightning-and-vasilevskiy-win-streaks-stopped-in-4-3-loss-to-stars | title = Tampa Bay Lightning and Vasilevskiy win streaks stopped in 4-3 loss to Stars | website = rawcharge.com | date = March 28, 2021 | access-date = March 28, 2021 | archive-date = August 22, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220822142247/https://www.rawcharge.com/2021/3/26/22351769/tampa-bay-lightning-and-vasilevskiy-win-streaks-stopped-in-4-3-loss-to-stars | url-status = dead }}
During his third season with the Lightning, his first full-time season in the NHL in 2022–23, Foote added one goal and two assists through 26 regular season games before he was traded by Tampa Bay, along with five future draft picks, to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Tanner Jeannot on February 26, 2023.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/nashville-predators-acquire-five-draft-picks-defenseman-cal-foote-from-tampa-bay-lightning/c-341563854 | title = Predators acquire five draft picks, Defenseman Cal Foote from Tampa Bay | publisher = Nashville Predators | date = February 26, 2023 | access-date = February 26, 2023}} He finished the season playing in 24 games with Nashville, scoring one goal and three points.{{cite web |title=Cal Foote Signs One-Year, Two-Way Deal with Devils |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/cal-foote-signs-one-year-two-way-deal-with-devils--release/c-345554788 |publisher=New Jersey Devils |via=NHL.com |access-date=August 10, 2023 |date=August 9, 2023}}
Following his brief stint with the Predators, Foote was signed by the New Jersey Devils, reuniting with his brother Nolan by agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract on August 9, 2023. He failed to make the team, and was placed on waivers on October 4. After going unclaimed, he was assigned to New Jersey's AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets, to start the 2023–24 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/devils-assign-waive-two-players-blog |title=Devils Assign, Waive Two Players {{!}} Blog |publisher=New Jersey Devils |via=NHL.com |date=October 4, 2023 |access-date=April 30, 2025}} He was recalled by New Jersey on October 23 and remained on the Devils' roster for two weeks without ever appearing, before being return to the AHL on November 10.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/devils-cal-foote-summoned-from-minors/ |title=Devils' Cal Foote: Summoned from minors |work=CBS Sports |date=October 23, 2024 |access-date=April 30, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/foote-re-assigned-blog |title=Foote Re-Assigned {{!}} Blog |publisher=New Jersey Devils |date=November 10, 2023 |access-date=April 30, 2025 |via=NHL.com}} He was recalled again on January 9, 2024 after Jonas Siegenthaler was placed on injured reserve.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/devils-cal-foote-rises-to-top-level/ |title=Devils' Cal Foote: Rises to top level |work=CBS Sports |date=January 9, 2024 |access-date=April 30, 2025}} On January 24, the Devils announced that Foote and forward Michael McLeod were granted indefinite leaves of absence from the team.{{cite web |date=January 24, 2024 |title=Devils Statement on McLeod and Foote |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/news/devils-statement-on-mcleod-and-foote-blog |access-date=January 24, 2024 |via=NHL.com |publisher=New Jersey Devils}}{{Cite web |last=Novozinsky |first=Ryan |date=2024-01-24 |title=Devils' Michael McLeod, Cal Foote granted leave as 2018 Hockey Canada investigation heats up |url=https://www.nj.com/devils/2024/01/devils-michael-mcleod-cal-foote-granted-leave-as-2018-hockey-canada-investigation-heats-up.html |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=NJ.com}} In the offseason, Foote was a restricted free agent. The Devils did not give him a qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/cal-foote-let-go-by-team/ |title=Cal Foote: Let go by team |work=CBS Sports |date=June 30, 2024 |access-date=April 30, 2025}}
On September 18, 2024, Foote signed a one-year contract with MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš of the Slovak Extraliga.{{Cite web |title=Cal Foote signs with Slovak club |url=https://thehockeynews.com/international/latest-news/cal-foote-signs-with-slovak-club |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=The Hockey News |last=O'Brien |first=Derek |date=September 18, 2024}} Early in the 2024–25 season, Foote received a one-game suspension for an illegal check to the head committed on September 22 in just the second game of the season, against HK Poprad.{{cite web |title=Liga sa ešte len začala a disciplinárka už zarezáva: Nekompromisné tresty pre dvojicu hokejistov |url=https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/386557/liga-sa-este-len-zacala-a-disciplinarka-uz-zarezava-nekompromisne-tresty-pre-dvojicu-hokejistov |website=Športky.sk |access-date=October 18, 2024 |language=sk |date=September 24, 2024}}
International play
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{{MedalSport|Men's ice hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2018 Canada | }}
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Although Foote was born and raised in Colorado he decided to represent his father's country in international hockey.{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/cal-footes-desire-play-canada-dads-resume/ |title=Cal Foote's desire to play for Canada about more than dad's resume |work=Sportsnet |last=Nugent-Bowman |first=Daniel |date=November 6, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2024}}
On December 6, 2017, Foote was named to Canada national junior team's selection camp roster for the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/wide-open-competition-for-spots-as-canada-names-wjc-camp-roster-1.936223 |title=Wide open competition for spots as Canada names WJC camp roster |author= |date=December 6, 2017 |website=TSN |access-date=December 8, 2017 |quote=}} On January 5, 2018, Foote won a gold medal with Canada national junior team.{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/world-juniors-canada-beats-sweden-to-win-gold/article37517884/|title=World junior gold gives Canada its hockey glory of the year|first=Robert|last=Macleod|work=The Globe and Mail|date=January 5, 2018|access-date=January 8, 2018}}
Personal life
Foote is the son of former NHL defenceman Adam Foote.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/draft-prospect-callan-foote-following-father-adam-foote/c-282590308 |title=Callan Foote following in father's footsteps |publisher=National Hockey League |date=2017-06-23 |access-date=2017-06-23}} He was drafted eight picks higher than his father was in 1989, when his father was drafted 22nd overall by the Quebec Nordiques.{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/adam-footes-retirement-and-the-last-of-the-nordiques?urn=nhl,wp1971 |title=Adam Foote's retirement and the last of the Nordiques |first=Greg |last=Wyshynski |via=Yahoo! Sports |work=Puck Daddy |date=April 7, 2011 |access-date=June 24, 2017}} Foote's younger brother Nolan was his teammate when he played in Kelowna. Nolan was drafted 27th overall in the 2019 NHL entry draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
On January 30, 2024, Foote, McLeod, and three other NHL players were charged with sexual assault over a 2018 alleged assault in London, Ontario.{{Cite tweet |last=Westhead |first=Rick |date=January 30, 2024 |title=A lawyer for Cal Foote confirms that the New Jersey Devil defenceman has been charged with sexual assault and says that Foote is innocent. |url=https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/1752479121161023688 |number=1752479121161023688 |user=rwesthead |access-date=January 30, 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Four more members of 2018 World Juniors team charged with sexual assault |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/lawyers-flames-dillon-dube-flyers-carter-hart-charged-with-sexual-assault/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Sportsnet |date=January 30, 2024}} On February 5, 2024, the London Police Service announced that Foote had been charged with one count of sexual assault.{{cite news |title=2018 Sexual Assault Investigation |publisher=London Police Service |url=https://www.londonpolice.ca/en/news/2018-sexual-assault.aspx |access-date=2024-02-05 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The trial began in April 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-27 |title=London Hockey Trial of five former members of Canada’s 2018 World Juniors - Timeline of developments |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/london-hockey-trial-of-five-former-members-of-canada-s-2018-world-juniors-timeline-of-developments-1.2294350 |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=TSN |language=en-CA}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="98" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="98" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 2014–15
| USHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | WHL | 71 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 36
| 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| 2016–17
| Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 71 | 6 | 51 | 57 | 41
| 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2017–18 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 60 | 19 | 51 | 70 | 46
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2017–18
| AHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2018–19 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 76 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 53
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20
| Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 62 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2020–21 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21
| NHL | 35 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2021–22 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22
| Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 56 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 29
| 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2022–23 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23
| NHL | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 35
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2023–24 | AHL | 24 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24
| NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals ! 145!!5!!15!!20!!137 ! 13!!0!!2!!2!!6 |
=International=
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| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 2018
| Canada | WJC | {{gold1}} | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"|Junior totals ! 7!!0!!3!!3!!0 |
Awards
= NHL =
| class="wikitable"
|+National Hockey League !Award !Year |
| Stanley Cup champion
|2021 |
References
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External links
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{{succession box | before = Brett Howden | title = Tampa Bay Lightning first round draft pick | years = 2017 | after = Nolan Foote}}
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Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Ice hockey players from Colorado
Category:Kelowna Rockets players
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Category:Omaha Lancers players
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