Kurtis Foster Kurtis Foster ( born November 24 , 1981 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . Playing career . Kurtis Foster was selected in the second round , 40th overall , in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames from the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League . On December 18 , 2001 , Foster was traded by Calgary with Jeff Cowan to the Atlanta Thrashers for Petr Buzek . On June 26 , 2004 , Foster was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for Niclas Havelid . After one season with the Ducks , Foster signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Wild . He started the season in Houston of the AHL , but after a hot start , got called up and played his first NHL game of the year on November 19 , 2005 . He scored his first two goals of his young career that game against Tomas Vokoun . On March 20 , 2008 , Foster suffered a broken left femur in a game against the San Jose Sharks . Foster suffered the injury when Sharks centre , Torrey Mitchell , checked Foster into the bottom of the boards while attempting to prevent an icing call . The hit which resulted in a penalty was later ruled , by the NHL , accidental . Foster had season - ending surgery to repair his broken left femur and missed the remainder of the season and postseason . In light of Foster ' s injury , following the 2007 – 08 NHL season , the NHL added the following to the rule regarding icing to protect both competitors as they raced for the puck : Foster was not ready for the beginning of the 2008 – 09 season , but on October 11 , 2008 , announced he was skating with full gear and feels no pain when skating . On February 9 , 2009 , Kurtis returned to play for the Houston Aeros of the AHL on a conditioning stint from the Wild . He played in a 6 - 3 win over the Chicago Wolves and registered 2 PIM . On July 8 , 2009 , Foster was signed as a free agent to a one - year contract by the Tampa Bay Lightning , where he posted a career high 42 points . On July 1 , 2010 , he signed a two - year contract with the Edmonton Oilers . Foster has a brother , Craig , who was drafted 5th overall in the 2000 OHL Draft . He spent 5 years playing in the OHL , before playing 4 more in the CIS league with the UPEI Panthers . Craig resides in Charlottetown , and coaches a Midget AAA hockey team . On February 12 , Foster recorded his 100th career assist , a secondary assist on a goal by Andrew Cogliano , in a 5 - 3 loss to the Ottawa Senators . Foster finished the 2010 - 11 NHL season with a disappointing record , as the Oilers hoped to get more out of him , despite this , Foster scored 8 goals to go along with 14 assist and 22 points . On July 1 , 2011 , Foster was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenceman Andy Sutton . Awards . In his ongoing effort to get the NHL to change its icing rule , on February 3 , 2011 Foster told TSN that there was complications during his surgery to repair his broken femur . Foster bled out and was in danger of losing his leg and could have died . A surgery that typically takes three hours took close to eight hours to complete . Foster wondered aloud if the NHL would have changed the icing rule had he not made it through the surgery . He stated he would like to see the NHL change the rule before anybody else has to go through what he went through , or worse , such as a spinal injury . Don Cherry has been lobbying for many years for a rule change , and has been critical of the NHL for not going to no touch icing .