André Benoit

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André Benoit
Date of birth January 6, 1984
place of birth St. Albert , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 87 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2000-2005 Kitchener Rangers
2005-2007 Hamilton Bulldogs
2007-2008 Tappara Tampere
2008-2009 Södertälje SK
2009-2010 Hamilton Bulldogs
2010-2011 Binghamton Senators
2011–2012 HK Spartak Moscow
2012-2013 Ottawa Senators
2013-2014 Colorado Avalanche
2014-2015 Buffalo Sabers
2015-2016 Chicago Wolves
2016-2017 Malmo Redhawks
2017-2018 Cleveland Monsters
2018 Bridgeport Sound Tigers

André Benoit (born January 6, 1984 in St. Albert , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 193 games for the Ottawa Senators , Colorado Avalanche , Buffalo Sabers and St. Louis Blues between 2000 and 2018 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . However, Benoit spent most of his career in the American Hockey League , where he played over 500 games and won the Calder Cup in 2007 with the Hamilton Bulldogs and in 2011 with the Binghamton Senators .

Career

Benoit as Assistant Captain to the Binghamton Senators

André Benoit began his career as an ice hockey player with the Kitchener Rangers , for which he was active from 2000 to 2005 in the Canadian junior league Ontario Hockey League . With the team he won the 2003 J. Ross Robertson Cup , the OHL championship title, and then the Memorial Cup , the final tournament of the Canadian Hockey League . In the 2003/04 season he received the William Hanley Trophy as the fairest player in the OHL and in the 2004/05 season the Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as the best player over 20 years. From 2005 to 2007, the defender played for the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League and won the Calder Cup with the team in the 2006/07 season . He then spent one season each at Tappara Tampere in the Finnish SM-liiga and Södertälje SK in the Swedish Elitserien . In the 2009/10 season he ran again for the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL.

On August 6, 2010 Benoit received a contract as a free agent with the Ottawa Senators , for which he prepared a goal in eight games in the National Hockey League . However , he spent most of the 2010/11 season with Ottawa's farm team Binghamton Senators in the AHL and won the Calder Cup with the team. As the best assists in the playoffs, he himself contributed significantly to winning the title and was also elected to the league's Second All-Star Team . For the 2011/12 season , the Canadian was signed by HK Spartak Moscow from the Continental Hockey League . A year later he returned to the Ottawa Senators, where he received a one-year contract.

In July 2013, Benoit signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche before he joined the Buffalo Sabers in July 2014, also for one year . The St. Louis Blues then signed him in July 2015. After the 2015/16 season, Benoit decided to move to Sweden again and signed a contract with the Malmö Redhawks . After a year in Sweden, the defender returned to the NHL when he joined the Columbus Blue Jackets in July 2017 . They used it exclusively with their AHL farm team, the Cleveland Monsters , until it was given to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on loan until the end of the season in February 2018 . At the end of the 2017/18 season, his expiring contract in Columbus was not extended.

International

For Canada , Benoit took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2002 . In eight games he scored one goal and three assists.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2000/01 Kitchener Rangers OHL 65 16 19th 35 37 - - - - -
2001/02 Kitchener Rangers OHL 62 13 32 45 77 4th 1 0 1 8th
2002/03 Kitchener Rangers OHL 65 22nd 45 67 77 21st 1 16 17th 16
2003 Kitchener Rangers Memorial Cup 4th 1 5 6th 2
2003/04 Kitchener Rangers OHL 65 24 51 75 67 5 1 1 2 6th
2004/05 Kitchener Rangers OHL 67 24 53 77 72 15th 5 13 18th 6th
2005/06 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 70 7th 19th 26th 60 - - - - -
2006/07 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 64 10 21st 31 41 22nd 2 11 13 22nd
2007/08 Tappara Tampere SM-liiga 54 12 26th 38 96 11 2 3 5 10
2008/09 Södertälje SK Elitserien 54 4th 16 20th 34 - - - - -
2009/10 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 78 6th 30th 36 63 19th 3 11 14th 8th
2010/11 Binghamton Senators AHL 73 11 44 55 53 23 3 15th 18th 14th
2010/11 Ottawa Senators NHL 8th 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
2011/12 HK Spartak Moscow KHL 53 5 11 16 34 - - - - -
2012/13 Binghamton Senators AHL 34 9 16 25th 28 - - - - -
2012/13 Ottawa Senators NHL 33 3 7th 10 8th 5 0 3 3 0
2013/14 Colorado Avalanche NHL 79 7th 21st 28 26th 7th 0 1 1 6th
2014/15 Buffalo Sabers NHL 59 1 8th 9 20th - - - - -
2015/16 Chicago Wolves AHL 72 8th 25th 33 26th - - - - -
2015/16 St. Louis Blues NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2016/17 Malmo Redhawks SHL 52 6th 18th 24 22nd 13 0 2 2 8th
2017/18 Cleveland Monsters AHL 31 1 4th 5 22nd - - - - -
2017/18 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 19th 1 8th 9 10 - - - - -
OHL total 324 99 200 299 330 45 8th 30th 38 36
AHL total 441 53 167 220 303 64 8th 37 45 44
NHL overall 181 11 37 48 60 12 0 4th 4th 6th
Elitserien / SHL overall 106 10 34 44 56 23 0 4th 4th 18th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2002 Canada U18 World Cup 6th place 8th 1 3 4th 4th
Juniors overall 8th 1 3 4th 4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : André Benoit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tsn.ca: "Sabers sign D Benoit to one-year, $ 800k deal" (English, July 23, 2014, accessed on September 7, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Benoit, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benoît, André; Benoit, Andre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Albert , Ontario , Canada