Jordin John Kudluk Tootoo (Inuktitut: ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᔮᓐ ᑲᑦᓗᒃ ᑐᑐ; born February 2, 1983 age 30) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). His middle name Kudluk means "thunder". His mother, Rose Tootoo, is of Ukrainian descent, while his father, Barney, is an Inuk from Nunavut. He is also the nephew of Manitoba Legislative Assembly Speaker George Hickes and cousin to Nunavut MLA Hunter Tootoo. As the first half-Inuk to play in the National Hockey League he has become a role model for youth in Nunavut.