declared he was most likely retiring due to chronic injury troubles. International play During Cloutier's OHL career, he competed in the 1995 World Junior Championships. He went undefeated in three games with a 2.67 GAA to help Canada win a gold medal as the host country in Red Deer, Alberta. Cloutier missed a second opportunity to play for the Canadian national junior team the following year due to a shoulder injury suffered during OHL play. On May 4, 2001, he was added to Team Canada's roster for the 2001 World Championships. One of four goaltenders on the roster, alongside Roberto Luongo, Jean-Sébastien Giguère and Fred Brathwaite, he did not appear in any games. Canada finished the tournament in fifth place. Coaching career Following his release from the Los Angeles Kings in 2008, Cloutier joined his brother Sylvain Cloutier's coaching staff on the Central Hockey League (CHL)'s Corpus Christi IceRays as a de facto assistant coach. He served in that capacity for the 2008–09 season until his failed attempt at an NHL return in 2009. In July 2010, Cloutier signed a one-year contract to become a part-time goaltending coach with the OHL's Barrie Colts. Return to Canucks In September 2012, Cloutier was hired by the Vancouver Canucks as a goaltending consultant, mostly to work with prospect goaltenders in the AHL's Chicago Wolves. On June 14, 2016, the Canucks announced that Cloutier had been named the team's goaltending coach During the 2018 off-season, former Canucks goaltending coach Ian Clark returned to the team and Cloutier was reassigned to be a development coach for Vancouver. On September 11, 2019, after one season in his new role, Cloutier left the organization for personal reasons. Personal life Cloutier was born to Ivan and Susan Cloutier in Mont-Laurier, Quebec. He moved with his family at a young age to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, as a result of his father's work as a logger. Having grown up in both French and English communities, Cloutier is bilingual. Cloutier's older brother, Sylvain is also a hockey player who once captained the OHL's Guelph Storm. After a professional career with the Coventry Blaze in England, Sylvain became a head coach for the minor professional Corpus Christi IceRays of the CHL in 2008. He is currently player-coach of the Hull Stingrays of the UK Elite League, having held this post since 2009. As a youth, Cloutier played in the 1990 Quebec