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Eric Belanger

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: December 16, 1977 in Sherbrooke, Quebec

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 4th round (96th overall) of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2000-01 23 LAK NHL 62 9 12 21 8 14 16 6 1 2 1 80 11.3 832 13:25
2001-02 24 LAK NHL 53 8 16 24 9 2 21 5 2 1 1 67 11.9 771 14:33
2002-03 25 LAK NHL 62 16 19 35 14 -5 26 13 0 3 1 114 14.0 1097 17:42
2003-04 26 LAK NHL 81 13 20 33 12 -16 44 12 0 1 2 132 9.8 1378 17:01
2005-06 28 LAK NHL 65 17 20 37 14 -5 62 12 5 0 1 119 14.3 1141 17:33
2006-07 29 TOT NHL 80 17 18 35 14 -2 26 13 4 0 1 149 11.4 1299 16:15
2006-07 29 CAR NHL 56 8 12 20 7 -2 14 5 3 0 1 100 8.0 832 14:51
2006-07 29 ATL NHL 24 9 6 15 7 0 12 8 1 0 0 49 18.4 468 19:29
2007-08 30 MIN NHL 75 13 24 37 13 -6 30 5 7 1 3 115 11.3 1291 17:13
2008-09 31 MIN NHL 79 13 23 36 13 -5 26 9 4 0 4 147 8.8 1409 17:50
2009-10 32 TOT NHL 77 15 26 41 15 2 32 12 3 0 3 151 9.9 1194 15:31
2009-10 32 MIN NHL 60 13 22 35 13 -1 28 10 3 0 3 120 10.8 945 15:45
2009-10 32 WSH NHL 17 2 4 6 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 31 6.5 249 14:40
2010-11 33 PHX NHL 82 13 27 40 14 11 36 11 1 1 2 127 10.2 1422 17:21
2011-12 34 EDM NHL 51 2 9 11 3 -14 28 1 1 0 0 82 2.4 793 15:33
Career NHL 767 136 214 350 130 -24 347 99 28 9 19 1283 10.6 12629 16:28

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 51 0.04 0.18 0.22 0.07 0.55 1.61 3 15 18 6 -14 -0.8 0.4 -0.4
Career NHL 767 0.18 0.28 0.46 0.17 0.45 1.67 147 232 379 143 499 112 590 193 -24 15.7 13.3 29.0

NHL Playoffs

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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 3 2 1 0 0 1 18 5.6 179 13:47
2001-02 24 LAK NHL 7 0 0 0 -5 4 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 91 12:57
2006-07 29 ATL NHL 4 1 0 1 -6 12 0 1 0 0 3 33.3 67 16:47
2007-08 30 MIN NHL 6 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 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 99 14:05
2010-11 33 PHX NHL 4 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 64 15:57
Career NHL 41 2 5 7 -13 28 1 1 0 1 48 4.2 611 14:54

Other Standard

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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

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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

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Eric Belanger 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.4 2.0 2.0
Mike McPhee 90.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 0.6
Ron Stewart 89.7 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 0.7
Dallas Drake 88.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.5 1.7
Nick Mickoski 86.0 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.3
Pat Flatley 85.9 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.5 1.5 1.4 0.4
Eric Nesterenko 84.3 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.3 1.9 0.3 0.0
Murph Chamberlain 83.6 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 0.8 0.5
Doug Risebrough 83.5 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 0.7
John Tucker 82.9 4.9 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.1 1.5 0.3
Greg Johnson 82.7 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.1 1.5 0.4 0.1
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
Mike McPhee 92.9 4.1 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.0 0.6
Joel Otto 87.7 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 87.5 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 85.9 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 85.7 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 85.7 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 85.0 4.9 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.5 0.3 -0.6
Kelly Miller 84.7 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 84.4 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
Matt Cooke 84.1 4.9 3.4 3.4 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.1 0.8 -0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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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

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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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