The mother of Nashville Predators forward Jordin Tootoo says she is proud to see her son complete an substance abuse program and return to the ice.
The National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association announced over the weekend that Tootoo, 27, has been cleared to play again while he continues treatment in a substance abuse and behavioural health program.
Tootoo voluntarily entered the in-patient treatment program, which is run by the NHL and the NHLPA, on Dec. 27. He was cleared to return to practice late last month.
Tootoo and the Predators are playing the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.
"I'm hoping and praying that he will stay on track," his mother, Rose Tootoo, told CBC News from the family's home community of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.
"It will be quite difficult, but he said he's determined and he's learned a lot from that program, and I think he's found himself on the right track now."
Jordin Tootoo became the first Inuk hockey player to join the NHL when he debuted with the Predators in 2003. He has since become a role model in Nunavut, his home territory.
Rose Tootoo told CBC News in December that she believes Jordin turned to alcohol to help deal with unresolved pain related to the suicide of his older brother Terence in 2002.
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