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Jordin Tootoo

Position    Right Wing
Shoots    Right
Height
Weight    5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
NHL team    Nashville Predators
Nationality    Canada
Born    February 2, 1983 (1983-02-02) (age 26),
Churchill, MB, CAN
NHL Draft    98th overall, 2001
Nashville Predators
Pro career    2003 � present

Jordin John Kudluk Tootoo (Inuktitut syllabics: ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᑐᑐ; born February 2, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player with the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). His middle name Kudluk (kalluk in standard Roman spelling) means "thunder".

His mother, Rose Tootoo, is of Ukrainian descent, while his father, Barney, is an Inuk from Nunavut. He is also the nephew of Manitoba Legislative Assembly Speaker George Hickes and cousin to Nunavut MLA Hunter Tootoo.

Although born in Manitoba, Tootoo grew up in Rankin Inlet, where he was taught to skate and play hockey by his father, Barney. Growing up in Rankin Inlet also allowed Tootoo to learn the traditional Inuit lifestyle that includes hunting and camping.

As the first Inuk to play in the National Hockey League he has become a role model for youth in Nunavut.

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