] 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 Predators' Tootoo seems here to stay |