ST. LOUIS — No skate today for the Avalanche, which flew here immediately after last night’s 4-3 overtime victory over Carolina in Denver. No updates, really, other than the same guys who participated in last night’s warmups — including scratched defenseman Ryan Wilson — also just skated in warmups at Scottrade Center. Assuming veteran winger Milan Hejduk...

The Colorado Avalanche have announced that Adam Foote will return as captain for the 2010-2011 season. Foote had originally signed a two-year deal with us after the trade that saw us send a first round pick to get him from Columbus. He announced his intention to return soon after the season, and it is now official. [...]

Adam Foote has called an 11 a.m. press conference Friday where it is reported he will announce his retirement from the game of hockey. Foote might play in one Avs two last games but that is not confirmed at this point. Footer has played in 1,153 games during his 20 year career, accumulating 66 goals, 308 points and a career +99 rating. Footer has been a leader on and off the ice his whole...

The Colorado Avalanche re-signed defenceman Adam Foote on Tuesday to a one-year deal. Foote,who turns 39 in July, will be going into his 18th season in the NHL and has caught on as a mentor in the Avalanche organization. Foote played for the Avs from 1996 to 2001 and than departed and played a few seasons in Columbus before rejoining the Avalanche in 2007. Foote’s leadership...

The last remaining active member of the former Quebec Nordiques and the 1995-96 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche is hanging up his skates. After 19 NHL seasons, 17 of which were spent with the Nordiques/Avalanche, veteran defenseman Adam Foote will be retiring at the end of the regular season, playing his final game on Sunday, April 10, 2011. He reportedly considered retirement...

After Adam Foote's retirement at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season, the Colorado Avalanche was tasked with finding a new captain to lead the team in coming seasons. On Monday, the team announced that 35-year-old winger Milan Hejduk was to succeed Foote as captain of the Avalanche.Hejduk, a Czech native, is just the third captain in Avalanche history since the Quebec Nordiques...

The last remaining active member of the former Quebec Nordiques and the 1995-96 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche is hanging up his skates.  After 19 NHL seasons, 17 of which were spent with the Nordiques/Avalanche, veteran defenseman Adam Foote will be retiring at the end of the regular season, playing his final game on Sunday, April 10, 2011.  He reportedly...

It might be the worst year the Avs have ever had but for one afternoon, the Avs and their fans sent captain Adam Foote out in style. In front of 17,566, the Avs skated past the NHL-worst Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in overtime. David Jones pounded home the rebound of a Matt Duchene shot to give Foote a win in his last game, that was as much about Foote as it was the fans. On "...

He's 39 years old and his 19th NHL season is winding down, but Colorado Avalanche captain Adam Foote hasn't yet decided whether he's about to close out what has been a remarkable career.

Adam Foote, drafted 22nd overall in the 1989 NHL entry draft by the Quebec Nordiques, has worn the jersey number 52 for his entire stellar NHL career. The right-shooting defenseman found his way on NHL ice for the first time during the 1991-92 season. The 1992-93 campaign would seem him play a full slate of games, racking up a +6 in the +/- column, to go along with almost three...

I’ll have a story up on denverpost.com in a few, but I’ve learned that Adam Foote has agreed to a new one-year deal to stay with the Avs.

He officially played for three teams in his 19-year NHL career. Denver, though, always felt like home to him, which is why Adam Foote will continue to live here going forward.

No practice today for the Avs, who resume practice Monday and next play at Vancouver on Wednesday. Adrian Dater will be on that three-game, western-Canadian trip. Look for a story in Monday’s paper about young defenseman Erik Johnson, who had one of his best games as an Av against St. Louis, his former team, on Saturday night. The story speaks to required skills that EJ actually...

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Adam Foote, known throughout his 19-year career for his rugged, stay-at-home style, is announcing his retirement Friday.

If anyone knows what the Canadian and American Olympic players will go through in the next 24 hours, and what it’s like, it’s the Avalanche’s Adam Foote. He’s done this whole Canada-U.S. gold medal game thing before, in 2002 in Salt Lake City. How did the Canadians break some of the tension the night before they [...]

One of the great ironies for the player who never slept on the job was that perhaps no player ever slept as much off of it as Adam Foote.

Hard-hitting defenseman Adam Foote remained a tough guy to the end. Even in front of a room full of family, friends and teammates, the longtime Colorado Avalanche standout hardly shed a tear, barely even had a quiver in his voice, as he announced his retirement Friday. Just like that, one of the final links to the team's days as the Quebec Nordiques was done.

AP file photo Anthony Galea, a doctor from Toronto, was charged today in a Buffalo court with unlawfully prescribing certain drugs to three NFL players, who were not named. Galea has also treated athletes from other sports, including Avalanche defenseman Adam Foote. But Foote was NOT named as part of any charge against Galea. Foote had some work done by Galea on a troublesome elbow...

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has signed captain Adam Foote to a one-year contract for the upcoming 2010-11 season. “Adam’s veteran leadership has been and will continue to be a big part of our success,” said Avalanche General Manager/Executive Vice President Greg Sherman.  “He provided stability last season and set an example...

Defenseman Adam Foote has left Colorado's game against the San Jose Sharks with a head injury suffered during the first period. The Avalanche say Foote will not return. The 39-year-old team captain played nearly seven minutes in the opening period Thursday night. Foote entered the game needing one point to become the top-scoring defenseman in franchise history.

Colorado Avalanche captain Adam Foote announced today that he is retiring from the game of hockey at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season.

After the final game of his 19-season NHL career, Avalanche captain Adam Foote revealed that what the team had been vaguely describing as a leg injury was, in fact, a fractured ankle.

Adam Foote detected the warning signs, but played through them — and regretted it.

LOVELAND — Trailing 3-2 in the Central Hockey League’s championship series against the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, the Colorado Eagles brought in retired Avalanche captain Adam Foote to drop the ceremonial first puck before Game 6 tonight and Avalanche game regular Jake Schroeder also sang the national anthem. And voila, the Eagles are ahead 5-1 after two periods at the Budweiser...

DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado Avalanche will have Adam Foote back after signing their captain and mentor to a one-year deal Tuesday.