PLYMOUTH, Mich. — Cal Foote can’t play for Canada.
Not officially, anyway.
Sure, after their dismal showing in a 5-1 drubbing handed them Friday afternoon by Sweden in the Canadians’ second game of summer tournament that’s part of the USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, you could argue that several of the guys wearing the maple leaf on their chest can’t play for 0-2 Canada.
In Foote’s case, it has nothing to do with what he’s shown on the ice and everything to do with what it shows on his birth certificate.
The son of long-time NHL defenceman and 2002 Canadian Olympic gold medallist Adam Foote was born in Englewood, Colo.