Gordon Poirier
Ice Hockey, Ice hockey player
1914 – 1972
Who was Gordon Poirier?
Gordon Arthur "Gordie" Poirier was a former Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played ten games for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1939–40 season in the NHL.
Poirier also played two season, 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 to win the English Autumn Cup in 1946. He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1948. He finished his career after spending the 1950–51 season with the Harringay Racers, also in the English National League.
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- Born
- Oct 27, 1914
Maple Creek - Nationality
- Canada
- Lived in
- Maple Creek
- Died
- 1972
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on July 23, 2013
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