Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Minnesota Wild Carolina Hurricanes Los Angeles Kings Atlanta Thrashers
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 16, 1977, Sherbrooke, PQ, CAN
NHL Draft	96th overall, 1996 Los Angeles Kings
Pro Career	2000 – present

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Playing career

He was drafted in the fourth round, ninety-sixth overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Before making his NHL debut, Belanger played with the Beauport Harfangs and Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Fredericton Canadiens, Springfield Falcons and Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League and the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League. Belanger made his NHL debut on October 6, 2000. During the 2004-2005 NHL Lockout, Belanger played for Bolzano HC in Italy. The 1996 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Kiel Arena in St. ... The Québec Remparts are a major junior hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. ... The Rimouski Océanic are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). ... The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (French: la Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec, abbreviated QMJHL in English, LHJMQ in French) is one of the three Major Junior A Tier I hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ... The Fredericton Canadiens were a professional ice hockey team in Fredericton, New Brunswick. ... The Springfield Falcons are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... The Lowell Lock Monsters are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... The American Hockey League (AHL) is regarded as the top professional hockey league in North America outside the National Hockey League (NHL) for which it serves as the primary developmental circuit. ... The Long Beach Ice Dogs are an ice hockey team in the ECHL, a AA hockey league that operates in North America. ... The International Hockey League (IHL) was a professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On September 29, 2006, Belanger and Tim Gleason were traded to the Hurricanes for Oleg Tverdovsky and Jack Johnson. On February 9, 2007, Belanger was traded to the Nashville Predators in exchange for center Josef Vasicek. The following day, he was sent to Atlanta for defensemen Vitaly Vishnevski. Professional hockey player for the Los Angeles Kings from Clawson, Michigan. ... Oleg Tverdovsky (born May 18, 1976 in Donetsk, USSR -- now Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL. Tverdovsky was drafted 2nd overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. ... Jack Johnson (born January 13, 1987 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) is an American ice hockey defenceman. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Josef Vasicek (born 12 September 1980 in Havlickuv Brod, Czechoslovakia) is an ice hockey centreman who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. Vasicek was drafted 91st overall by the Hurricanes in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. ... Vitaly Vishnevski born March 18, 1980 in Kharkov, Ukraine is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the NHL. After playing in Russia for Yaroslavl Torpedo, Vishnevski was drafted 5th overall by the Ducks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. ...

Career Statistics

 Regular Season Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM 2000-01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 62 9 12 21 16 2001-02 Los Angeles Kings NHL 53 8 16 24 21 2002-03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 62 16 19 35 26 2003-04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 81 13 20 33 44 2005-06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 65 17 20 37 62 2006-07 Carolina/Atlanta NHL 80 17 38 55 26 NHL Totals 403 80 105 205 195