By Darrell Greer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kivalliq News He defined the heart and soul of the game of hockey, the Kivalliq region of Nunavut and his Inuit culture and heritage with his determination to succeed and never give up, no matter how much pain he was in. Now, a year after its initial release, the documentary TOOTOO is picking up steam again after hitting the TV airwaves with Super Channel. In the documentary, Tootoo said that the echoes of alcohol, violence and abuse would replay in his mind until he would transform that pain into a fierce rage on the ice. When speaking to his battle with addiction, he noted that everyone fights a fight that no one knows about. “In order to really grasp the lifestyle, you have…
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