Editing Adam Foote (section)

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Adam Foote
| image = Adam Foote.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Foote with the [[Colorado Avalanche]] in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|7|10}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 220
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots = Right
| played_for = [[Quebec Nordiques]]<br>[[Colorado Avalanche]]<br>[[Columbus Blue Jackets]]
| league_coach = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| team_coach = [[Vancouver Canucks]] 
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = 22nd overall
| draft_year = 1989
| draft_team = [[Quebec Nordiques]]
| career_start = 1992
| career_end = 2011
| career_start_coach = 2018
| career_end_coach = Present
}}
'''Adam David Vernon Foote''' (born July 10, 1971) is a Canadian professional [[ice hockey]] coach and former player who is the [[List of NHL head coaches|head coach]] for the [[Vancouver Canucks]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He was also the former [[head coach]] of the [[Kelowna Rockets]] of the [[Western Hockey League]]. He was best known for his physical presence and gritty play as a [[stay-at-home defenceman]].

Foote was drafted out of the [[Ontario Hockey League]] (OHL) 22nd overall in the [[1989 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Quebec Nordiques]]. He began his [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) career with the Nordiques in [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]] before the franchise relocated to [[Colorado Avalanche|Colorado]], where he won two [[Stanley Cups]] in [[1996 Stanley Cup playoffs|1996]] and [[2001 Stanley Cup playoffs|2001]]. In [[2005–06 NHL season|2005]], Foote signed with the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]], where he served as team captain for three seasons. He then returned to the Avalanche in 2008 via trade, where he would eventually complete his playing career. At the end of his playing career in 2011, Foote was the last active NHL player to have played for the [[Quebec Nordiques]].

Internationally, Foote won a gold medal in [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Winter Olympics]] and a [[World Cup of Hockey|World Cup]] championship in [[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004]] with [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/adam-foote-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225102/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/adam-foote-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Adam Foote Olympic Results |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref>

Foote is the father of NHL player [[Nolan Foote]] and former NHL player [[Cal Foote]].