Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ka taea te takaro i te parirau, i te pokapū ranei, he tere te takahi a Poirier, ahakoa e kii ana ia ko tana momo "kaore i te ataahua". I a ia e whakaahua ana i tana kāhua tākaro, ka mea a Poirier: "E aroha ana ahau ki te tākaro kaha. E whakataetae ana ahau, e kaha ana ki te kupenga, e whawhai ana hoki. E hiahia ana ahau ki te kawe mai i te pūngao". I karangatia ia ki te haere ki te puni raumati mō te kapa rangatahi motu o Kanata i mua i te
Ko te 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. I te tuhi, i tohua a Poirier i te rauna tuatahi e te Calgary Flames, 22nd katoa.