Goaltender Rémi Poirier Re-Assigned to Idaho by Dallas From Texas

Goaltender Rémi Poirier Re-Assigned to Idaho by Dallas From Texas 

BOISE, ID – The Idaho Steelheads (@Steelheads), proud ECHL (@ECHL) affiliate of the Dallas Stars (@DallasStars), and Steelheads Head Coach & Director of Hockey Operations Everett Sheen announced today that goaltender Rémi Poirier has been re-assigned on loan to Idaho by Dallas from Texas.  

Poirier, 21, made 24 saves Thursday night in a 6-1 win over Utah and was recalled from his loan assignment by Dallas to Texas on Friday. The rookie made his AHL debut on Nov. 9 making 29 saves on 31 shots in a 2-1 overtime loss at Colorado. In three games this season with Idaho he has posted a (2-0-1) record with a 2.57 goals against average and a .904 save percentage. He was selected by the Dallas Stars in the sixth round (185th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft and signed a three-year, entry level contract on March 10, 2022. The 6-foot-2, 200lb native of Farnham, QC finished fourth in the QMJHL last season posting 2.48 goals against average and eighth with a .907 save percentage appearing in 37 games for the Gatineau Olympiques notching a 22-7-6 record. In four seasons in the QMJHL, all with Gatineau from 2018-22 he appeared in 125 games accumulating a record of 62-46-13, a .902 save percentage, a 3.06 goals against average and 13 shutouts.  

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