] Tootoo, in case you missed it, became the first player of
] Inuit (Eskimo) descent to play an NHL regular-season game
] Thursday night in the Predators' opening win over
] Anaheim.
]
] The 20-year-old Tootoo had his own private cheering
] section, too, with a few dozen fans on hand -- family and
] friends -- from Rankin Inlet, a small village in the
] Nunavut province about 200 miles south of the Arctic
] Circle.

you know you're doing okay in hockey when the Detroit News is talking about you