Congrats Jordan! Always looked up to you from the first day I met you, though you are far younger then me I can still learn alot! You are an inspiration! Keep smiling, keep being you, and stay healthy! Nanaimo look me up And dinners on me. Glad to hear that you are doing well followed your career then lost track, bless you and your family keep it up stay well. Congratulations on your 10 year mark and every day up to and after. With determination With desire With dedication. A well deserved celebration … you are inspiring and a good role model..
What an inspiration to others who are battling that demon alcohol lost my younger sister and brother to it,keep being that example God bless you and your family. He was asked about the Edmonton Eskimos changing their name.
Look it up. That is amazing! Keep the decolonization strong! Loved to go to the OCN Blizzard hockey games to watch you and your brother.
Terrible loss to everybody when your brother passed. Stay strong and healthy. You have created many great memories for all hockey fans. Great job Jordan. You are an inspiration to all Jordon. Loved to watch you playing with the OCN Blizzard! Stay strong and enjoy your family.
Good for you Jordan! I knew you could accomplish anything you put your mind to. Congrats on your wonderful life! I remember when I got your jersey Christmas 99 from the Nashville Preds. Starter, home jersey. I still have it. Purdue Syracuse Villanova Virginia Wisconsin.
Redblacks Stampeders. Featured Teams. Home Odds. Bayern Munich Dortmund. Celtic Rangers. Toggle navigation Subscribe. By Dan Robson John Voisey sat in the penalty box, anxious but ready. Now they were skating in the same game. And it landed. Jordin was on his way, too — playing out two more seasons in Brandon after being drafted by the NHL's Nashville Predators.
In , Terence, then 22, died by suicide while under the influence of alcohol. He left Jordin a note that said, 'Jor, go all the way. Take care of the family. You are the man. He bottled that despair, left it all out on the ice and racked up his best statistical season with Brandon. That following year, he cracked the Predators roster and represented Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships, winning silver. He is known for speaking to youth and maintaining his Inuit culture. His mother, Rose Tootoo, had to go to the Churchill hospital for the birth as was normal practice at the time.
Jordin was the third child of Rose and Barney Tootoo. Corinne Pilakapsi and Terence Tootoo are his older siblings. At age 13, he left home for the first time to play hockey and go to school in Fort Providence , Northwest Territories.
In he played hockey and went to school in Spruce Grove , Alberta , where he billeted with an Indigenous family. Not only was he an outsider at these schools, in Spruce Grove he was bullied for being Indigenous. In keeping with his style on ice, he fought back until, eventually, the bullies left him alone. From an early age, Jordin spent time on the land with his family hunting , fishing and camping.
He credits the mental and physical toughness he learned on the land as the source of his strength to persevere in hockey and life. Today, when he visits Inuit communities, he often talks about keeping Inuit culture, traditions and connection to the land strong.
Jordin Tootoo spent most of his minor hockey years playing non-organized games with the kids of Rankin Inlet. They also played pick-up games on nearby Williamson Lake during winter.
There were no organized teams and regular hockey rules did not apply. Tournaments were rare. Jordin credits the beginnings of his tough style of play to his early days of Rankin Inlet hockey where the older boys taught him to fight and push himself physically and mentally.
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