Eric Bélanger

Eric Bélanger
Date of birth	December 16, 1977
place of birth	Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	center
number	# 25
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1996 , 4th round, 96th position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1994-1997	Harfangs de Beauport
1997	Oceanic de Rimouski
1997-1998	Fredericton Canadiens
1998-1999	Springfield Falcons
1999-2000	Lowell Lock Monsters
2000-2006	Los Angeles Kings
2004-2005	HC Bolzano
2006-2007	Carolina Hurricanes
2007	Atlanta Thrashers
2007-2010	Minnesota Wild
2010	Washington Capitals
2010-2011	Phoenix Coyotes
2011-2013	Edmonton Oilers
2013	Awtomobilist Ekaterinburg

Éric Bélanger (born December 16, 1977 in Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 861 games for the Los Angeles Kings , Carolina Hurricanes , Atlanta Thrashers , Minnesota Wild , Washington Capitals during his active career between 1994 and 2013 , Phoenix Coyotes and Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League on the position of the center .

Career

Éric Bélanger began his career as a hockey player in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec , in which he was active from 1994 to 1997 for the Harfangs de Beauport and Océanic de Rimouski . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1996 in the fourth round as a total of 96 players by the Los Angeles Kings .

After three seasons in the American Hockey League with the Fredericton Canadiens , Springfield Falcons and the Lowell Lock Monsters , the attacker made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Kings in the 2000/01 season . There he ran with the exception of the lockout in the NHL season 2004/05 , in which he was under contract with HC Bozen in the Italian Serie A1 , in the following six seasons in the NHL. The 2006/07 season began Bélanger with the Carolina Hurricanes , before he was signed on February 9, 2007 by the Nashville Predators . This in turn gave the Canadian to the Atlanta Thrashers on the following day , where he ended the season.

Before the 2007/08 season , the left-shot was signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Wild , for which he played until March 2010. He joined the Phoenix Coyotes in September 2010 through the Washington Capitals . On July 1, 2011, Bélanger signed a three-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers . For the 2013/14 season , the Canadian moved to Awtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the Continental Hockey League after the Edmonton Oilers had paid off his contract ( buy out ). At the end of September 2013, Bélanger ended his career at the age of 36 after asking those responsible in Yekaterinburg to terminate his contract early.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1994/95	Harfangs de Beauport	LHJMQ		71	12	28	40	24		18th	5	9	14th	25th
1995/96	Harfangs de Beauport	LHJMQ		59	35	48	83	18th		20th	13	14th	27	6th
1996/97	Harfangs de Beauport	LHJMQ		31	13	37	50	30th		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Oceanic de Rimouski	LHJMQ		31	26th	41	67	36		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		56	17th	34	51	28		4th	2	1	3	2
1998/99	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Springfield Falcons	AHL		33	8th	18th	26th	10		3	0	1	1	2
1999/00	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL		65	15th	25th	40	20th		7th	3	3	6th	2
2000/01	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL		13	8th	10	18th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		62	9	12	21st	16		13	1	4th	5	2
2001/02	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		53	8th	16	24	21st		7th	0	0	0	4th
2002/03	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		62	16	19th	35	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		81	13	20th	33	44		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	HC Bolzano	Series A1		12	13	10	23	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		65	17th	20th	37	62		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		56	8th	12	20th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		24	9	6th	15th	12		4th	1	0	1	12
2007/08	Minnesota Wild	NHL		75	13	24	37	30th		6th	0	0	0	4th
2008/09	Minnesota Wild	NHL		79	13	23	36	26th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Minnesota Wild	NHL		60	13	22nd	35	28		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Washington Capitals	NHL		17th	2	4th	6th	4th		7th	0	1	1	4th
2010/11	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		82	13	27	40	36		4th	0	0	0	2
2011/12	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		78	4th	12	16	32		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		26th	0	3	3	10		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Awtomobilist Ekaterinburg	KHL		7th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
LHJMQ total				192	86	154	240	108		42	20th	26th	46	41
AHL total				167	48	87	135	62		14th	5	5	10	6th
NHL overall				820	138	220	358	361		41	2	5	7th	28

( 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

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• Éric Bélanger at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Éric Bélanger at eliteprospects.com (English)