 He was assigned to play the 2017–18 season with AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Monsters.In adding a veteran presence, Benoit appeared in 31 games for just 5 points before he was loaned to fellow AHL club, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers to play out the remainder of his career on February 13, 2018.A fire destroyed the St. Albert Cheese Factory in Benoit's hometown of St. Albert, Ontario, in February 2013, leaving 125 people – roughly one fifth of the town's population – out of work for the foreseeable future.