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Jordin Tootoo
Ice Hockey Player
Male
Born
Feb 2, 1983
Age
30
Hometown
Churchill, Manitoba
Team
Nashville Predators
Position
Right Wing
Draft Year
2001
Jordin John Kudluk Tootoo is a Canadian professional ice hockey player with the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League. He is both the first Inuk player and the first player who grew up in Nunavut to participate in an NHL game.
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Red Wings Beat Kings, Take 8th Place In WestFox News - Apr 25, 2013
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Setoguchi, Backstrom Help Minnesota Wild Gain Victory Over Red WingsHuffington Post Sports - Mar 21, 2013
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Shortened Season Means More Fights?Huffington Post Sports - Jan 31, 2013
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Nashville Predators, Jordin Tootoo Unlikely To Reach New DealThe Tennessean - Jun 25, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1983
Birth
Born on February 2, 1983.
TEENAGE
1998
15 Years Old
Tootoo played Bantam AA hockey in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The Brandon Wheat Kings selected him in the 3rd round of the 1998 WHL Bantam Draft.
1999
16 Years Old
Tootoo played for the Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League (WHL) from 1999 to 2003 and was selected 98th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft as the sixth choice of the Nashville Predators.
2002
19 Years Old
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In August 2002, Terence committed suicide at the age of 22, in the wake of an arrest for drunk driving.
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TWENTIES
He became the first player of Inuit descent to play in a regular season NHL game when he suited up against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim on Opening Night October 9, 2003.
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2006
23 Years Old
On July 21, 2006 he was re-signed by the Predators to a two-year contract.
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2008
25 Years Old
Tootoo scored his first playoff goal on April 10, 2008, against the Detroit Red Wings in the second period of Game 1 of the 2008 Western Conference Quarter Finals in a 3-1 loss.
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2010
27 Years Old
On December 27, 2010, Tootoo voluntarily entered the NHL/NHLPA's Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program to receive treatment for an alcohol problem.
2011
28 Years Old
Following successful completion of the program, he returned to finish the season and play in the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs.
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