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Former Colorado Avalanche great Adam Foote now NHL head coach

May 14, 2025, 3:25 PM | Updated: May 15, 2025, 10:36 am

No one will ever wear the number 52 for the Colorado Avalanche again, as it hangs in the rafters of Ball Arena honoring Adam Foote. However, Foote will now be tasked with beating his old team a few times each season as the head coach of another NHL team.

The Vancouver Canucks hired Foote as their new coach on Wednesday, giving him the job after 2-and-a-half years on the bench as an assistant.

Foote won the Stanley Cup twice with the Colorado Avalanche, in 1996 and 2001, spending his entire playing career with the organization that started as the Quebec Nordiques before moving to Denver and becoming the Avalanche. He retired from playing in 2011.

Foote began his coaching career in 2011 as Colorado’s development consultant and defensive coach, spending four years in that role and working with Hockey Canada. Before joining the Canucks, he coached the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League for two seasons.

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