Eric Belanger

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: December 16, 1977 in Sherbrooke, Quebec
Draft: Los Angeles, 4th round (96th overall), 1996 NHL Entry
Contract: 3 years/$5,250,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $1,750,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2000-01	23	LAK	NHL	62	9	12	21	8	14	16	6	1	2	1	11	0	1	80	11.3	832	13:25
2001-02	24	LAK	NHL	53	8	16	24	9	2	21	5	2	1	1	10	0	6	67	11.9	771	14:33
2002-03	25	LAK	NHL	62	16	19	35	14	-5	26	13	0	3	1	15	0	4	114	14.0	1097	17:42
2003-04	26	LAK	NHL	81	13	20	33	12	-16	44	12	0	1	2	16	1	3	132	9.8	1378	17:01
2005-06	28	LAK	NHL	65	17	20	37	14	-5	62	12	5	0	1	17	1	2	119	14.3	1141	17:33
2006-07	29	TOT	NHL	80	17	18	35	14	-2	26	13	4	0	1	16	0	2	149	11.4	1299	16:15
2006-07	29	CAR	NHL	56	8	12	20	7	-2	14	5	3	0	1	10	0	2	100	8.0	832	14:51
2006-07	29	ATL	NHL	24	9	6	15	7	0	12	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	49	18.4	468	19:29
2007-08	30	MIN	NHL	75	13	24	37	13	-6	30	5	7	1	3	17	0	7	115	11.3	1291	17:13
2008-09	31	MIN	NHL	79	13	23	36	13	-5	26	9	4	0	4	12	2	9	147	8.8	1409	17:50
2009-10	32	TOT	NHL	77	15	26	41	15	2	32	12	3	0	3	20	0	6	151	9.9	1194	15:31
2009-10	32	MIN	NHL	60	13	22	35	13	-1	28	10	3	0	3	16	0	6	120	10.8	945	15:45
2009-10	32	WSH	NHL	17	2	4	6	2	3	4	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	31	6.5	249	14:40
2010-11	33	PHX	NHL	82	13	27	40	14	11	36	11	1	1	2	23	0	4	127	10.2	1422	17:21
2011-12	34	EDM	NHL	78	4	12	16	5	-13	32	2	1	1	0	8	0	4	118	3.4	1149	14:44
2012-13	35	EDM	NHL	26	0	3	3	1	-1	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	31	0.0	367	14:07
Career			NHL	820	138	220	358	133	-24	361	100	28	10	19	168	4	48	1350	10.2	13352	16:17

NHL Miscellaneous

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					Per Game						Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	PIM	S	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS
2000-01	23	LAK	NHL	62	0.15	0.19	0.34	0.13	0.26	1.29	10	13	23	9	41	3	31	7	14	0.7	1.3	2.0
2001-02	24	LAK	NHL	53	0.15	0.30	0.45	0.16	0.40	1.26	9	18	27	10	32	12	26	8	2	1.3	1.1	2.4
2002-03	25	LAK	NHL	62	0.26	0.31	0.56	0.22	0.42	1.84	18	21	39	16	46	9	62	20	-5	2.5	1.1	3.5
2003-04	26	LAK	NHL	81	0.16	0.25	0.41	0.15	0.54	1.63	15	23	38	14	46	3	98	39	-16	1.3	0.7	2.0
2005-06	28	LAK	NHL	65	0.26	0.31	0.57	0.22	0.95	1.83	17	19	36	14	49	9	80	35	-5	1.9	1.0	2.9
2006-07	29	TOT	NHL	80	0.21	0.23	0.44	0.17	0.33	1.86	17	18	35	14	50	12	55	15	-2	1.6	1.4	3.0
2006-07	29	CAR	NHL	56	0.14	0.21	0.36	0.13	0.25	1.79	8	12	20	8	32	10	32	8	-2	0.4	0.9	1.4
2006-07	29	ATL	NHL	24	0.38	0.25	0.63	0.27	0.50	2.04	9	6	15	7	18	2	23	7	0	1.2	0.5	1.6
2007-08	30	MIN	NHL	75	0.17	0.32	0.49	0.18	0.40	1.53	14	26	40	15	63	24	62	17	-6	1.7	1.3	2.9
2008-09	31	MIN	NHL	79	0.16	0.29	0.46	0.17	0.33	1.86	14	23	37	14	56	19	56	14	-5	1.1	1.9	3.0
2009-10	32	TOT	NHL	77	0.19	0.34	0.53	0.20	0.42	1.96	16	27	43	16	50	12	59	23	2	2.7	1.4	4.1
2009-10	32	MIN	NHL	60	0.22	0.37	0.58	0.22	0.47	2.00	14	23	37	14	42	12	49	18	-1	2.5	1.2	3.7
2009-10	32	WSH	NHL	17	0.12	0.24	0.35	0.13	0.24	1.82	2	4	6	2	8	0	10	5	3	0.2	0.2	0.4
2010-11	33	PHX	NHL	82	0.16	0.33	0.49	0.17	0.44	1.55	14	29	43	16	66	9	61	15	11	1.8	1.7	3.5
2011-12	34	EDM	NHL	78	0.05	0.15	0.21	0.07	0.41	1.51	5	13	18	6	33	8	55	17	-13	-1.0	0.8	-0.2
2012-13	35	EDM	NHL	26	0.00	0.12	0.12	0.03	0.38	1.19									-1	-0.7	0.4	-0.3
Career			NHL	820	0.17	0.27	0.44	0.16	0.44	1.65	149	230	379	144	532	120	645	210	-24	14.8	14.1	28.9

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2000-01	23	LAK	NHL	13	1	4	5	2	3	2	1	0	0	1	18	5.6	179	13:47
2001-02	24	LAK	NHL	7	0	0	0	0	-5	4	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	91	12:57
2006-07	29	ATL	NHL	4	1	0	1	1	-6	12	0	1	0	0	3	33.3	67	16:47
2007-08	30	MIN	NHL	6	0	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	111	18:34
2009-10	32	WSH	NHL	7	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	99	14:05
2010-11	33	PHX	NHL	4	0	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	64	15:57
Career			NHL	41	2	5	7	2	-13	28	1	1	0	1	48	4.2	611	14:54

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1993-94	16	Magog Cantonniers	QAAA	32	19	24	43			24
1994-95	17	Beauport Harfangs	QMJHL	71	12	28	40		31	24	9	1	2	3
1995-96	18	Beauport Harfangs	QMJHL	59	35	48	83		38	18	17	15	3	6
1996-97	19	2 Teams	QMJHL	62	39	78	117		31	66	20	14	5	5
1996-97	19	Beauport Harfangs	QMJHL	33	16	37	53		7	32	7	8	1	2
1996-97	19	Rimouski Oceanic	QMJHL	29	23	41	64		24	34	13	6	4	3
1997-98	20	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL	56	17	34	51		-1	28	11	6	0	3	110	15.5
1998-99	21	Springfield Falcons	AHL	33	8	18	26		8	10	7	1	0	0	67	11.9
1998-99	21	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1999-00	22	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	65	15	25	40		-5	20	9	6	0	3	116	12.9
2000-01	23	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	13	8	10	18		7	4	6	1	1	2	29	27.6
2004-05	27	HC Forst Bolzano	Italy	12	13	10	23			20
Career		4 Seasons	AHL	167	48	87	135		9	62	33	14	1	8	322	14.9
Career		1 Season	IHL	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Career		1 Season	Italy	12	13	10	23			20
Career		1 Season	QAAA	32	19	24	43			24
Career		3 Seasons	QMJHL	192	86	154	240		100	108	46	30	10	14

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1993-94	16	Magog Cantonniers	QAAA	13	5	6	11			36
1994-95	17	Beauport Harfangs	QMJHL	18	5	9	14			25	3	1	1	2
1995-96	18	Beauport Harfangs	QMJHL	20	13	14	27			6	6	5	2	3
1996-97	19	Rimouski Oceanic	QMJHL	4	2	3	5		-5	10	1	1	0	1
1997-98	20	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL	4	2	1	3			2	1	1	0	0
1998-99	21	Springfield Falcons	AHL	3	0	1	1			2	0	0	0	0
1999-00	22	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	7	3	3	6		1	2	2	1	0	1
2004-05	27	HC Forst Bolzano	Italy	9	3	7	10			33
Career		3 Seasons	AHL	14	5	5	10		1	6	3	2	0	1
Career		1 Season	Italy	9	3	7	10			33
Career		1 Season	QAAA	13	5	6	11			36
Career		3 Seasons	QMJHL	42	20	26	46		-5	41	10	7	3	6

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 12 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Eric Belanger		4.1	3.5	3.5	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.4	2.0	2.0	-0.2	-0.3
Mike McPhee	92.3	4.1	3.8	3.4	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.0	0.6
Pat Flatley	90.3	3.9	3.8	3.5	3.5	3.2	3.2	2.8	2.5	1.5	1.4	0.4
Ron Stewart	90.3	3.4	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.2	0.7
Eric Nesterenko	89.9	3.6	3.4	3.3	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.3	2.0	1.9	0.3	0.0
Kelly Miller	88.6	4.3	3.6	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.1	1.5	1.4	0.0
Greg Johnson	87.1	4.1	3.7	3.5	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.1	1.9	1.5	0.4	0.1
John Tucker	85.5	4.9	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.2	2.4	2.1	2.1	1.5	0.3
Tony Hrkac	85.3	4.0	3.6	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.5	1.5	0.6	0.6	0.2
Ron Sutter	84.6	4.7	4.0	3.5	3.2	3.0	2.5	2.5	1.9	1.3	1.0	-0.1
Nick Mickoski	83.9	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.3	2.8	2.2	1.9	1.7	1.4	1.3

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Eric Belanger		4.1	3.5	3.5	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.4	2.0	2.0	-0.2	-0.3
Mike McPhee	92.3	4.1	3.8	3.4	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.0	0.6
Joel Otto	87.1	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.1	2.4	2.2	1.5	1.4	1.2	0.7	0.1	-0.8
Greg Johnson	86.8	4.1	3.7	3.5	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.1	1.9	1.5	1.1	0.4	0.1
Doug Risebrough	85.3	4.9	4.2	3.5	3.4	3.4	2.7	2.6	2.3	2.0	1.9	1.1	0.7	-0.1
Tony Hrkac	85.1	4.0	3.6	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.5	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.2
Bruce MacGregor	85.1	4.4	4.2	3.8	3.4	3.3	3.1	2.7	2.6	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	-0.3
John Tucker	84.4	4.9	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.2	2.4	2.1	2.1	1.5	0.3	-0.6
Matt Cooke	84.3	4.9	4.2	3.4	3.4	2.9	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.1	0.8	-0.6
Kelly Miller	84.1	4.3	3.6	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.1	1.6	1.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.0	-0.2
Mike Keane	83.8	4.3	3.3	3.3	3.0	2.3	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Games Played 2010-11 NHL 82 (3)	Short-Handed Goals 2002-03 NHL 3 (7)	Total Goals On-Ice Against 2003-04 NHL 98 (4)	Power Play Goals On-Ice Against 2003-04 NHL 39 (2)

Games Played

2010-11 NHL 82 (3)

Short-Handed Goals

2002-03 NHL 3 (7)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

2003-04 NHL 98 (4)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

2003-04 NHL 39 (2)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

December 22, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Bolzano (Italy), December 22, 2004.

September 29, 2006: Traded to Carolina by Los Angeles with Tim Gleason for Oleg Tverdovsky and Jack Johnson, September 29, 2006.

February 9, 2007: Traded to Nashville by Carolina for Josef Vasicek, February 9, 2007.

February 10, 2007: Traded to Atlanta by Nashville for Vitaly Vishnevski, February 10, 2007.

July 3, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, July 3, 2007.

March 3, 2010: Traded to Washington by Minnesota for Washington's 2nd round choice (Johan Larsson) in 2010 Entry Draft, March 3, 2010.

September 14, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Phoenix, September 14, 2010.

July 1, 2011: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, July 1, 2011.

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