Career
He played ten games for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1939-1940 season in the National Hockey League. 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 was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1948. He finished his career after spending the 1950-1951 season with the Harringay Racers, also in the English National League.