Tuhia he tohumate mo tēnei wāhanga - Ka taea e ia te tākaro i te parirau, i te pokapū rānei, he kaitākaro tere a Poirier, ahakoa e kī ana ia "kāore i te ataahua" tōna kāhua. 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 mo te kapa rangatahi o Canada i mua o te 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
He aha? I te tuhi, i tohua a Poirier i te rauna tuatahi e te Calgary Flames, 22nd katoa.