Jordin Tootoo

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Jordin Tootoo
Date of birth February 2, 1983
place of birth Churchill , Manitoba , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Right wing
number # 22
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2001 , 4th round, 98th position
Nashville Predators
Career stations
1999-2003 Brandon Wheat Kings
2003-2012 Nashville Predators
2012-2014 Detroit Red Wings
2014-2016 New Jersey Devils
2016-2017 Chicago Blackhawks

Jordin John Kudluk Tootoo ( Inuktitut : ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᔮᓐ ᑲᑦᓗᒃ ᑐᑐ Juatan Jaan Katluk Tutu , born February 2, 1983 in Churchill , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player . The right winger played over 700 National Hockey League games between 2003 and 2017 . He was active for the Nashville Predators , Detroit Red Wings , New Jersey Devils and the Chicago Blackhawks and primarily embodied the agitator player type . In addition, Tootoo was the first Inuk to play in the NHL.

Career

Tootoo in the jersey of the Detroit Red Wings (2013)

Jordin Tootoo played four seasons for the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League from 1999 to 2003 . During this time he was selected in the fourth round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft in 98th place by the Nashville Predators . Tootoo was the first Inuit , who by a National Hockey League - Franchise drafted was. He was also the first Inuit to play an NHL game.

He played his first season for the Nashville Predators in the 2003/04 game year , when he made the leap from the Brandon Wheat Kings to the Nashville Predators right away without playing with the Milwaukee Admirals in the American Hockey League (AHL) to have. Tootoo caught up with this, but during the lockout in the 2004/05 season . In the 2005/06 season Tootoo did not make the jump back into the NHL, but first had to play a few games for the Milwaukee Admirals before he was brought back to Nashville. On July 21, 2006, he signed a new two-year contract with the Predators.

In November 2013 Tootoo was put on the waiver and will play for the Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL until a possible change. At the end of the 2013/14 season Tootoo left the Red Wings and completed the preparation for the 2014/15 season with the New Jersey Devils . They signed him on October 7, 2014.

After two years in New Jersey, his expiring contract was not renewed, so he joined the Chicago Blackhawks as a free agent in July 2016 and signed a one-year contract there. This was subsequently extended, but the attacker was handed over to the Rockford IceHogs , the Blackhawks' farm team from the AHL, at the beginning of the 2017/18 season . There he did not play a single competitive game in the course of the season before his expiring contract was not extended in summer 2018. Tootoo then announced the end of his active career in October 2018. In total, he had completed 765 games in the NHL and recorded 171 scorer points and 1075 penalty minutes.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1999/00 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 45 6th 10 16 214 - - - - -
2000/01 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 60 20th 28 48 172 6th 2 4th 6th 18th
2001/02 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 64 32 39 71 272 16 4th 3 7th 58
2002/03 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 51 35 39 74 216 17th 6th 3 9 49
2003/04 Nashville Predators NHL 70 4th 4th 8th 137 5 0 0 0 4th
2004/05 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 59 10 12 22nd 266 6th 0 0 0 41
2005/06 Nashville Predators NHL 34 4th 6th 10 55 3 0 0 0 0
2005/06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 41 13 14th 27 133 15th 9 2 11 35
2006/07 Nashville Predators NHL 65 3 6th 9 116 4th 0 1 1 21st
2007/08 Nashville Predators NHL 63 11 7th 18th 100 6th 2 0 2 4th
2008/09 Nashville Predators NHL 72 4th 12 16 124 - - - - -
2009/10 Nashville Predators NHL 51 6th 10 16 40 6th 0 1 1 2
2010/11 Nashville Predators NHL 54 8th 10 18th 61 12 1 5 6th 28
2011/12 Nashville Predators NHL 77 6th 24 30th 92 3 0 0 0 4th
2012/13 Detroit Red Wings NHL 42 3 5 8th 78 1 0 0 0 2
2013/14 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 51 6th 12 18th 104 4th 0 1 1 4th
2013/14 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 0 1 1 5 - - - - -
2014/15 New Jersey Devils NHL 68 10 5 15th 72 - - - - -
2015/16 New Jersey Devils NHL 66 4th 5 9 102 - - - - -
2016/17 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 50 2 1 3 28 2 0 0 0 0
WHL overall 220 93 116 209 874 39 12 10 22nd 125
AHL total 151 29 38 67 503 25th 9 3 12 80
NHL overall 723 65 96 161 1010 42 3 7th 10 65

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2003 Canada U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 1 1 2 4th
Juniors overall 6th 1 1 2 4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Personal

His brother Terence was also a professional ice hockey player who briefly played in the ECHL .

Web links

Commons : Jordin Tootoo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lyle Stewart: Jordin Tootoo recounts how he went all the way. nationnews.ca, February 20, 2015, accessed October 20, 2018 .
  2. ↑ nhl.com: "Nyquist shines, Wings snap losing skid" (English, November 21, 2013, accessed on November 23, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Tootoo, Jordin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tootoo, Jordin John Kudluk (full name); ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᔮᓐ ᑲᑦᓗᒃ ᑐᑐ (Inuktitut)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Churchill , Manitoba , Canada