Remi Porier Becomes Texas Stars Franchise Wins Leader

 

(Credit: Nicholas Kingman/100 Degree Hockey) 

There can only be one person at the mountain top, and that person for the Texas Stars franchise is Remi Poirier.

Poirier earned his 65th career victory in a gritty, 3-2 victory over the San Jose Barracuda on Wednesday to pass former record holder, Landon Bow, as the franchise's all-time wins leader, earning the mark 13 games faster.

This season also marked his career high in wins with 22 as the Stars' primary option in net this year — Texas still has 11 games left in the regular season.

“It's like every game he has a couple of big saves to keep it in our favor,” head coach Toby Petersen said about Poirier in San Jose. “ I can't say enough about Remi either. He's always on his game, just battling through traffic.”

But No. 65 was not easy for Poirier, and a common theme for much of the 2025-26 season for Texas — it was on the shoulders of Poirier’s labor that kept the Stars in the game for the majority of the night.

The Stars struggled to get anything going on the offensive side of the ice early, besides a couple of unsuccessful shifts near San Jose goaltender Laurent Brossoit.

Outside of two fluky goals in the first on the Barracuda’s first power play of the night and a quick goal in the final minute of the second period, Poirier made routine saves, keeping the game a one-goal deficit for much of the third.

The veteran netminder was shelled with 35 shots, stopping 33 in the Stars' come-from-behind victory, 3-2 victory in San Jose.

“Tonight, I think a lot of it was just like he made the saves look like a routine,” Petersen said. “He was camped out in the right spot, he was making good reads, that’s something he does a lot of.”

Out of qualified goaltenders this season, Poirier is one of only three netminders to start 42 games, tied for first with Cleveland’s Ivan Fedotov and Rochester’s Devon Levi.

Despite the Stars' slow start to the season, Poirier still has one of the best goals allowed averages with 2.63, ranking him 16th in the league.

In the past offseason, Poirier inked a two-year, two-way contract with Dallas, keeping him in the organization for at least until the 2026-27 season.

Texas will continue its longest road trip of the season against the Bakersfield Condors on Friday at 9 p.m. CT at Dignity Health Arena in Bakersfield, California.