Jordin Tootoo

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Nickname	The TooToo Train
Height Weight	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 194 lb (88 kg)
NHL Team	Nashville Predators
Nationality	Canada
Born	February 2, 1983, Churchill, MB, CAN
NHL Draft	98th overall, 2001 Nashville Predators
Pro Career	2003 – present

Jordin Kudluk Tootoo (Inuktitut syllabics: ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᑐᑐ; born February 2, 1983 in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. His middle name Kudluk (kalluk in standard Roman spelling) means "thunder".

His mother, Rose Tootoo, is of Ukrainian Canadian decent, while his father, Barney, is Inuit from Nunavut [1]. He is also the nephew of Manitoba Legislative Assembly Speaker George Hickes and cousin to Nunavut MLA Hunter Tootoo.

1 Playing career
2 Awards
3 Career statistics
4 International play
5 Family
6 External links

[edit] Playing career

Jordin Tootoo played for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League from 1999 to 2003 and was selected 98th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft as the 6th choice of the Nashville Predators.

He became the first player of Inuit descent to play in a regular season NHL game when he suited up against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on opening night October 9, 2003. He was also the first person of Inuit descent to be drafted by an NHL team.

He got his first NHL point with an assist on a Dan Hamhuis goal against the St. Louis Blues on October 16, 2003 and scored his first NHL goal against the Atlanta Thrashers on October 23, 2003. Tootoo also got a "Gordie Howe hat trick" against the St. Louis Blues on January 10th 2004 when he notched a goal, assist, and fighting major.

He spent the 2005-06 season between the Nashville Predators and the Predators' farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals, where he played during the 2004-05 NHL lockout.

[edit] Awards

WHL Player of the Month for December, 2001.
WHL Player of the Week for the week of December 23-30, 2001.
WHL Player of the Week for the week of November 11-17, 2002.
Played in the 2001 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.
Hardest shot in the 2001 Top Prospects Skills Evaluation (96.1 mph).
Nominated as Manitoba's Sportsman of the Year for 2000.
Rookie of the Year and Scholastic Player of the Year honors in 1998-99.

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1999-00	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	45	6	10	16	214
2000-01	Brandon Wheatkings	WHL	60	20	28	48	172	6	2	4	6	18
2001-02	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	64	32	39	71	272	16	4	3	7	58
2002-03	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	51	35	39	74	216	17	6	3	9	49
2003-04	Nashville Predators	NHL	70	4	4	8	137	5	0	0	0	4
2004-05	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	59	10	12	22	266	6	0	0	0	41
2005-06	Nashville Predators	NHL	34	4	6	10	55	3	0	0	0	0
2005-06	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL	41	13	14	27	133	15	9	2	11	35
WHL totals			220	93	116	209	874	39	12	10	22	125
NHL totals			104	8	10	18	192	8	0	0	0	4

[edit] International play

Member of Team West in the under-17 2000 World Hockey Challenge.
Was the captain of Canada's under-18 team at the 2000 Four Nations tournament, winning a gold medal.
Helped Team Canada win silver at the 2003 World Junior Championships.

International Statistics

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000	Canada	Four Nat	3	2	0	3	10
2003	Canada	WJC	6	2	1	3	4

[edit] Family

Jordin's older brother, Terence, was also a hockey player. Terence played for the Roanoke Express of the East Coast Hockey League in the 2001-02 season, after a successful junior career with the OCN Blizzard, and was named the Express' Rookie of the Year. In August 2002, Terence committed suicide at the age of 22, in the wake of an arrest for drunk driving.