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Plaques, pucks and trophies: Inside Jordin Tootoo's childhood home

On a recent trip to Rankin Inlet, the CBC's Jordan Konek stopped by the childhood home of Nunavut's hometown NHL star Jordin Tootoo and got a tour of some of his awards and memorabilia.

'Jordin Tootoo has always been my role model,' says the CBC's Jordan Konek

CBC Nunavut's Jordan Konek inside the home of hockey star Jordin Tootoo. (submitted by Jordan Konek)

On a recent trip to Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, the CBC's Jordan Konek stopped by the home of hockey starJordin Tootoo, the NHL's only Inuit player.

"As soon as we walked in, Barney [Tootoo'sfather]was watching the NHL playoffs with his friends downstairs and asked why we knocked to get into their house," Konek said, instead of just walking right in "like any other Inuk would."

Plaques, pucks and trophies line the walls. (submitted by Jordan Konek)
Tootoo's former bedroom is now full of trophies, plaques, hockey sticks, jerseys and pucks some earned by his late brother Terence Tootoo and some by his father Barney Tootoo.

More trophies are piling in from the next generation.

For Konek, the visit was an experience he won't soon forget.

"Jordin Tootoo has always been my role model, with a very successful career and his decision to become sober."

Some of the awards were earned by the late Terence Tootoo and their father Barney Tootoo. More are piling in from the next generation. (submitted by Jordan Konek)