Career
Fortier played in the Lower Ottawa Valley Hockey Association, the Ottawa City Hockey League (at the senior level) and the Hull-Ottawa Senior Hockey League. Prior to the 1923-1924 season, he participated in the Montreal Canadiens training camp in Grimsby, Ontario, where he was one of three rookies (the others were Howie Morenz and Sylvio Mantha) who signed a contract for the upcoming season. However, just prior to the beginning of the season, which took place in Toronto against the Saint Patricks on December 15, he changed his mind and returned to Ottawa.
Foreign unknown reasons, Fortier was long believed to have played that first game of the season in Toronto, leading to his being credited with having played one National Hockey League game in his career.
However, research done in the late 1990s showed that Fortier had not played that game. The 1998-1999 edition of the National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book was the last to list him as a former National Hockey League player, whereas his name was removed from the Montreal Canadiens" media guides following the 2008-2009 season.