Jordin Tootoo retires from the NHL
Create: 11/21/2018 - 00:08
When he first made his debut in the National Hockey League with the Nashville Predators on October 9, 2003, Jordin Tootoo not only made history as the first Inuk to play in the NHL. He also beat all odds to make the opening night roster for the 2003-04 Nashville Predators.
Across the great Country of Canada, many First Nation, Metis, and Inuit people were celebrating the rise to stardom for the 5’9”, 199 lb right winger as Canada’s Pride and Joy.
When I was a boy growing up in my home community of Attawapiskat on the James Bay coast, I was deathly afraid of looking at the full moon.
I grew up...
I’m happy to see the ongoing support and assistance in our northern remote communities to help our people cope with so many lifelong and generational issues...