He shoots, she soars

When the Nashville Predators played the Toronto Maple Leafs at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre on Tuesday night, singer Susan Aglukark was on hand to sing the opening anthems.

After Aglukark sang the U.S. anthem, the announcer said Aglukark would sing “O Canada” in both English and Inuktitut in honour of Jordin Tootoo, who plays for the Predators.

“I nearly cried. I was so proud of those two role models,” said Peter Ittinuar, who was at the game.

Ittinuar, Nunavut’s first member of parliament, now works for the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat in Toronto.

“I sang along to the Inuktitut parts so the rabid Maple Leaf fans around me would know that when I cheered for the Preds, it was because of Jordin,” Ittinuar said.