Maurice Benoît, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey defenceman
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Place of Birth: Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
About Maurice Benoît
- Joseph Maurice Leo "Moe" Benoit (July 26, 1932 – December 10, 2013) was a Canadian professional hockey defenceman. Benoit was born in Valleyfield, Quebec and started playing professional hockey in 1948 for the Montreal Royals.
- After a five-year break he began playing again for the Trois-Rivières Lions.
- He had successful seasons with the Belleville McFarlands—the 1959 Team Canada that won the World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- and also played for the Kingston Frontenacs in the late fifties.
- Benoit helped the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team get the silver medal in the 1960 Winter Olympics. After his Olympic success he moved to the United States, where he was a player (and also a coach) for the Omaha Knights and Toledo Blades.
- In 1966 Benoit joined the Dayton Gems with whom he played until his retirement in 1970.
- He won Turner Cup twice—with the Blades in 1964, as the player-coach, and with the Gems in 1969, also sharing IHL 1968-69 best defenceman award with his teammate Alain Beaulé.
- Benoit also coached numerous youth hockey teams in Dayton throughout the 1970s.
- Benoit was inducted into the Dayton Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973 and died December 10, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio.
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