Dillon Dube is signing a minor-league deal with the St. Louis Blues’ AHL affiliate in Springfield, Sportsnet confirmed on Tuesday.
The signing means all of the five players acquitted of sexual assault in the high-profile trial of members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team have resumed their careers.
Dube, 27, spent 2024-25 with the KHL’s Dinamo Minsk in Belarus.
Goaltender Carter Hart signed with the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights in mid-October just after the window opened for the players to be eligible for new contracts.
Forward Michael McLeod, who was also found not guilty of an additional count of being party to the offence of sexual assault, signed a three-year deal with Avangard Omsk of the KHL in October. McLeod played for the club last season as well, after originally signing in the Russia-based league with Barys Astana in Kazakhstan.
Alex Formenton has played for HC Ambri-Piotta in the Swiss Hockey League since 2022 after the Ottawa Senators opted not to re-sign him.
All of the players except Formenton were in the NHL when they were charged in January 2024 in connection to an incident in London, Ontario, in 2018. Foote and McLeod were with New Jersey, Hart with Philadelphia and Dube with Calgary.
Those teams did not extend qualifying offers in the summer of 2024 to the players, who became free agents. The league announced in September the players would be eligible to sign Oct. 15 and play Dec. 1.
The NHL conducted its own investigation beginning in 2022, when the allegations came to light.
Dube had three goals and four assists for seven points in 43 games with the Flames during the 2023-24 season. For Dinamo Minsk last season, he had four goals and seven assists for 11 points in 42 games.
–with files from The Associated Press
