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Defenceman Foote signs AHL deal with Chicago Wolves

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FILE - New Jersey Devils defenseman Cal Foote (52) during warm up before an NHL hockey game, against the Buffalo Sabres Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in Newark, N.J. Five players from Canada's 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their respective clubs in recent days amid a report that five members of that team have been asked to surrender to police to face sexual assault charges. New Jersey’s Michael McLeod and Cal Foote, Philadelphia’s Carter Hart, Calgary’s Dillon Dube and former NHL player Alex Formenton have all been granted indefinite leave, with the absences announced this week. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray, File)

Defenceman Callan Foote has signed a contract with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves, the team announced Monday.

The Wolves are the affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes. According to the team, Foote’s deal is a standard AHL player contract.

Foote has not played in the NHL since the 2023-24 season while he was a member of the New Jersey Devils.

In 2024, Foote was charged with sexual assault, along with four other members of Canada’s 2018 World Junior hockey team, in connection with an alleged incident that occurred in June of 2018 in London, Ont.

Foote and the others – Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton and Dillon Dube – were acquitted of the charges in late July.

The 26-year-old Foote has played four seasons in the NHL split between the Tampa Bay Lightning, Nashville Predators and Devils. He was selected by Tampa in the first round (14th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft.