Benoit Cotnoir
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|07|10}}
| birth_place = Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
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| height_ft = 6
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| weight_lb = 185
| position = Defenseman
| shoots = Right
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| played_for = Mobile Mysticks
Richmond Renegades
Basingstoke Bison
Pont-Rouge Caron & Guay
Augusta Lynx
Macon Trax
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| career_start = 1995
| career_end = 2004
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Benoit Cotnoir is a Canadian former ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Notre Dame.
Career
Cotnoir began his tenure with the ice hockey team at Notre Dame in 1995. In his first two years he proved to be a steady defender for a bad team. The fortunes of the Fighting Irish changed in his junior season and Cotnoir benefitted by nearly doubling his point production. As a senior he helped the team post its first winning season in 9 years and was named an All-American.{{Cite web|work=Notre Dame Fighting Irish |url=https://und.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Hockey_Records_2018_19_Complete_Book.pdf |title=Notre Dame Hockey |accessdate=July 2, 2019}} While his numbers were never eye-popping, Cotnoir was nevertheless able to carve out a brief career as a professional. He played three years in the ECHL before heading to England in 2002. The trial lasted just 11 games and he finished out the year in Quebec. He spent most of his final year as a player with the Macon Trax in the WHA2.
After his playing career, Cotnoir remained in Georgia and matriculated to Georgia Tech, earning an MBA in 2006. During his studies, he interned with Lafarge, a French industrial company, and then joined their marketing department after graduating. He worked his way up the company ladder and is currently an Area Sales Manager (as of 2021).{{cite news|title=Benoit Cotnoir |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoit-cotnoir-9120054 |work=Linked In |accessdate=November 19, 2021}}
Personal life
Benoit's cousin, Pier-Olivier, played college hockey at Norwich.
Statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | |||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | |||||||||
| 1991–92
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue Forestiers | QMAAA | 41 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 1992–93 | NOJHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93
| Rouyn-Noranda Citadelles | QNWJHL | 32 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1993–94 | QJHL | 40 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95
| SJHL | 53 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1995–96 | CCHA | 34 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| CCHA | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1997–98 | CCHA | 41 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99
| CCHA | 36 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1999–00 | ECHL | 66 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 2000–01
| ECHL | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2001–02 | ECHL | 57 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03
| BNL | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2002–03 | QSPHL | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003–04
| ECHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2003–04 | WHA 2 | 52 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
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! colspan="3" | NCAA totals ! 141 !! 28 !! 60 !! 88 !! 244 !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | |||||||||
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! colspan="3" | ECHL totals ! 158 !! 13 !! 44 !! 57 !! 142 !! 5 !! 0 !! 3!! 3 !! 8 |
Awards and honors
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! Award ! Year ! |
| All-CCHA First Team
| 1998–99 |
| AHCA East Second-Team All-American
| 1998–99 |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=8468228|elite=80880|hockeydb=22044}}
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Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Ice hockey people from Rouyn-Noranda
Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey players
Category:Mobile Mysticks players
Category:Richmond Renegades players