Texas Stars' Poirier Earns Second AHL Monthly Honor, Sets Wins Record

Rémi Poirier's March was already historic before the AHL made it official. The Texas Stars netminder went 7-2-0 with a 2.27 goals-against average and a .934 save percentage last month, numbers that led all AHL goaltenders over the stretch and earned him the league's Goaltender of the Month award for the second time in his career. No Texas Stars goaltender had ever won it twice.

The announcement, made Tuesday, capped a month that included a more tangible milestone. On March 25 at Tech CU Arena in San Jose, Poirier stopped 33 of 35 shots in a 3-2 win over the Barracuda, a performance that delivered his 65th career victory with the Stars and broke Landon Bow's franchise all-time record of 64. That win was among the anchor performances the AHL cited in naming Poirier the monthly honoree.

The month was defined by volume as much as results. Poirier faced an average of 33.8 shots per game in March, including a 37-save effort against Bakersfield that underlined his capacity to carry a heavy workload without fading. His .934 save percentage over those nine games represents a significant jump from his full-season mark of .913, which covers 44 appearances and a 23-17-4 record.

The comparison to his first award makes the numbers even sharper. In March 2025, Poirier went a perfect 7-0-0, posted a 1.27 GAA and a .961 save percentage, recorded two shutouts, and allowed just nine goals on 230 shots faced. That performance made him only the second Texas Stars goaltender in franchise history to win the monthly honor, joining Brett Krahn, who claimed it in November 2009. Winning it again a year later puts Poirier in a category by himself in the franchise's goaltending history.

The 24-year-old native of Farnham, Quebec, drafted by Dallas in the sixth round (185th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft out of the Gatineau Olympiques, has become the unquestioned workhorse in Texas. Dallas GM Jim Nill made that role official in the 2025 offseason, signing Poirier to a two-year, two-way contract covering 2025-26 and 2026-27. His career Calder Cup Playoff record of 9-6 with a 2.26 GAA and .916 save percentage across 18 games adds weight to the argument that his regular-season consistency holds when the stakes rise.

With the regular season running through April 19, first-year Texas head coach Toby Petersen faces the familiar late-season calculus of managing a starter who has already logged 44 appearances at 33.8 shots per game. The franchise record and back-to-back monthly awards, though, give Petersen every reason to trust his starter with the Stars still pushing for postseason position.