Question: Facts: - weight lb: 203 - position: defence - height in: 0 - caption: pouliot with the portland winterhawks - draft year: 2012 - league: nhl - draft team: pittsburgh penguins - shoots: left - team: pittsburgh penguins - height ft: 6 - birth date: 16 january 1994 - career start: 2013 - name: derrick pouliot - draft: 8th overall - image: derrick pouliot.jpg - birth place: weyburn , sk , canada Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of derrick pouliot .
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derrick pouliot -lrb- born january 16 , 1994 -rrb- is a canadian ice hockey defenceman .he is currently playing with the pittsburgh penguins of the national hockey league .pouliot was selected 8th overall in the 2012 nhl entry draft by the pittsburgh penguins and signed an entry-level contract with them the following september .