Jordin Tootoo
| Jordin Tootoo ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᑐᑐ |
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Tootoo in September 2014
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February 2, 1983 Churchill, Manitoba |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 199 lb (90 kg; 14 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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NHL team Former teams |
Chicago Blackhawks Nashville Predators Detroit Red Wings New Jersey Devils |
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| NHL Draft | 98th overall, 2001 Nashville Predators |
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| Playing career | 2003–present | ||
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Representing 
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| World Junior Championships | ||
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2003 Canada | |
Jordin John Kudluk Tootoo (Inuktitut: ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᑐᑐ; born February 2, 1983) is a Canadian professional hockey player who is currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Tootoo has previously played for the Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils. Of Inuit and Ukrainian descent, he is both the first Inuk player and the first player to grow up in Nunavut to participate in an NHL game. Tootoo is widely regarded as one of the NHL's best active agitators, and is able to annoy, fight, and distract other players to help his team win. At the end of the 2014-15 NHL season, Tootoo had 880 career PIMs in 607 NHL games.
Tootoo played Bantam AAA hockey in Spruce Grove, Alberta. The Brandon Wheat Kings selected him in the 3rd round of the 1998 WHL Bantam Draft. 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. 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. He was also the first person of Inuit descent to be drafted by an NHL team. Tootoo wears the number '22' as a play on words of his name.
Tootoo 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. Tootoo has also earned two "Gordie Howe hat tricks"—on January 10, 2004, and December 8, 2007—when he notched a goal, an assist, and a fighting major in each game.
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