{"id":11803,"date":"2025-12-01T19:07:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=11803"},"modified":"2025-12-01T19:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:07:56","slug":"cal-foote-signs-ahl-contract-with-chicago-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=11803","title":{"rendered":"Cal Foote signs AHL contract with Chicago Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-6473592\">\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\nCHICAGO \u2014 Cal Foote has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Chicago Wolves, making him the fourth of five players\u00a0acquitted of sexual assault\u00a0in the\u00a0high-profile trial\u00a0of members of Canada&#8217;s 2018 world junior hockey team to continue his career.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Chicago_Wolves\/status\/1995532516527088036\">team announced the deal<\/a> with the soon-to-be 27-year-old defenceman on Monday. Goaltender\u00a0Carter Hart signed with the NHL&#8217;s Vegas Golden Knights\u00a0in mid-October just after the\u00a0window opened for the players\u00a0to be eligible for new contracts.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\nForward Michael McLeod, who was also found not guilty of an additional count of being party to the offence of sexual assault,\u00a0signed a three-year deal\u00a0with Avangard Omsk of the KHL in October. McLeod played for the club last season as well, after originally signing in the Russia-based league with Barys Astana in Kazakhstan.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\nAlex Formenton has played for HC Ambri-Piotta in the Swiss Hockey League since 2022 after the Ottawa Senators opted not to re-sign him.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\nDillon Dube spent 2024-25 with the KHL&#8217;s Dinamo Minsk in Belarus, but the 27-year-old winger has not played this season.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\nAll of the players except Formenton were in the NHL when they were charged in January 2024 in connection to an incident in London, Ontario, in 2018. Foote and McLeod were with New Jersey, Hart with Philadelphia and Dube with Calgary.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\nThose teams did not extend qualifying offers that summer to the players, who became free agents. The league announced in September the players would be eligible to sign Oct. 15 and play Dec. 1. Hart could make his Vegas debut as soon as Tuesday.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\nThe NHL conducted its own investigation beginning in 2022, when the allegations came to light.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\nFoote, 26, has five goals and 15 assists in 145 career NHL games after being picked 14th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2017 draft.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"components_paragraph__b8N_5\">\n<em>\u2014 with files from Sportsnet staff<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/ahl\/article\/cal-foote-signs-ahl-contract-with-chicago-wolves\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO \u2014 Cal Foote has signed an American Hockey League contract with the Chicago Wolves, making him the fourth of five players\u00a0acquitted of sexual assault\u00a0in the\u00a0high-profile trial\u00a0of members of Canada&#8217;s 2018 world junior hockey team to continue his career. The team announced the deal with the soon-to-be 27-year-old defenceman on Monday. 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