Gordon Poirier

Gordon Arthur Poirier was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played ten games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1939–40 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1931 to 1951, was mainly spent in the English National League and Quebec Senior Hockey League. Poirier was born in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, but grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1948.

Playing career

Poirier also played two seasons, 1933–34 and 1935–36, as player-coach with HC Diavoli Rossoneri Milano in the Italian Serie A where he helped the team win the league championship in 1935–36.
Poirer played a total of six seasons, three before and three after the Second World War, for the Brighton Tigers in the English National League. He helped the Tigers win the league championship in 1946–47 and 1947–48 and won the English Autumn Cup in 1946. He finished his career after spending the 1950–51 season with the Harringay Racers, also in the English National League.