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32 Backstrom25 Belanger47 Bergeron24 Boogaard96 Bouchard15 brunette8 burns26 foster10 Gaborik29 Harding5 johnsson9 koivu20 miettinen11 nolan2 reitz55 schultz51 Sheppard41 skoula19 Veilleux12 Weller3 ZidlickyEricBelanger(buh-LAWN-zhay)25CENTERShoots: LeftHt: 5-11 • Wt: 187Born: 12/16/77Sherbrooke, QuebecVS. NHLTEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIMANA 27 4 9 13 0 10ATL 10 3 4 7 8 2BOS 9 3 2 5 -1 0BUF 10 2 3 5 -6 2CGY 25 3 5 8 1 18CAR 11 2 4 6 2 6CHI 21 5 8 13 2 4COL 22 6 3 9 -8 8CBJ 21 4 6 10 4 8DAL 25 2 7 9 8 14DET 22 4 3 7 -12 8EDM 26 4 11 15 1 14FLA 15 1 5 6 -1 12LA 3 0 0 0 2 2MIN 16 5 4 9 3 10MTL 10 5 2 7 3 6NSH 21 5 8 13 3 14NJ 5 0 2 2 0 2NYI 8 3 0 3 -4 2NYR 10 1 2 3 -2 4OTT 9 2 3 5 1 0PHI 7 1 2 3 0 4PHX 26 6 6 12 -1 14PIT 8 2 3 5 2 2SJ 22 3 5 8 -11 10STL 23 8 3 11 1 16TB 15 2 2 4 -12 6TOR 9 1 5 6 3 0VAN 26 4 5 9 -4 16WSH 16 2 7 9 0 11CAREER HIGHLIGHTSHas recorded 222 points (93-129=222) and 225 PIM in 478 career NHL contests duringseven seasons with Los Angeles, Carolina. Atlanta and Minnesota.2007-08 HIGHLIGHTSTied career-high with 37 points (13-24=37) during his first season with Minnesota...Setcareer-high with 24 assists...Notched assist in first game in Wild sweater vs. CHI (10/4)...Scored third-period, GW, SHG at PHX (10/13), his first SHG since Oct. 10, 2003 at PIT...Becamefourth player in team history with four assists in game, also setting new career-highin points and assists in game at EDM (11/14)...Fourth assist was also 200th NHL point ofhis career...Collected a point in four consecutive games (2-4=6, 12/27-1/3)...Missed sevengames (3/9-3/22) as a result of a broken toe suffered at ATL (3/7).2006-07 HIGHLIGHTSMatched a career high for goals in a season with 17...Won 53.1% of face-offs taken (640-1206)...Recorded eight multi-point games including five with Thrashers...Skated in 400thcareer NHL contest at BOS (3/31).2005-06 HIGHLIGHTSSet new career highs in goals (17), points (17-20=37) and PPGs (5) in 65 games with LosAngeles...Ranked tied for fifth on club in goals and tied for fourth with 28 takeaways...Had five multi-point games...Registered career-high six-game point streak (4-4=8, 11/11-11/22)...Tallied three-game goal streak (3-0=3, 2/7-2/11).2003-04 HIGHLIGHTSLed Kings in face-off percentage for fourth consecutive season at 53.6%...Notched fivegamepoint streak (2-3=5, 1/3-2/13)...Finished with a career-high nine shots and talliedgoal at PIT (10/10)...Goal came on his first shot of the game and first shot faced by thePittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury in the NHL.2002-03 HIGHLIGHTSFinished third season with Los Angeles second on the club with 16 goals...Improved hisassist (19) and point totals (35) for third consecutive year...Notched first career-hat trickin 6-2 win vs. STL (12/17)...Led Kings and tied for seventh in the NHL with three SHGs...Paced Los Angeles in face-off percentage for the third straight season winning 51.8% ofhis draws.2001-02 HIGHLIGHTSLed Kings and ranked seventh in the NHL with a 57.7% face-off percentage.2000-01 HIGHLIGHTSMade NHL debut and picked up three points (1-2=3) including his first NHL goal in 4-1victory at WSH (10/6)...Led all rookies and ranked 12th in NHL with a 56.4% face-off percentage...Finisheda career-high +14, which ranked fourth among league rookies...Scoredfirst career playoff goal in OT at 2:38 in Game 4 as the Kings overcame 3-0 deficit to beatDetroit 4-3...Ranked second among rookies in playoff scoring.1999-00 HIGHLIGHTSFinished third in regular season scoring for Lowell (AHL) with 40 points (15-25=40) andtied for club lead in playoff scoring with six points (3-3=6).1998-99 HIGHLIGHTSAppeared in just 33 games with Springfield (AHL) due to injuries including a back ailmentand tallied 26 points (8-18=26).1997-98 HIGHLIGHTSTied for third in scoring for Fredericton (AHL) with 51 points (17-34=51) in 56 games duringfirst professional season.CAREER TRANSACTIONSSigned by Minnesota as a free agent, July 3, 2007; Acquired by Atlanta from Nashville inexchange for Vitaly Vishnevski, February 10, 2007; Acquired by Nashville from Carolina inexchange for Josef Vasicek, February 9, 2007; Acquired by Carolina along with Tim Gleasonfrom Los Angeles in exchange for Oleg Tverdovsky and the rights to Jack Johnson,September 29, 2006; Selected by Los Angeles in the fifth round (96th overall) of the 1996NHL Entry Draft.PERSONALEric Belanger and his wife, Alexandra, have two daughters, Oceanne and Lola Pearl andreside in Quebec City, Quebec in the offseason...Nickname is “Belly” and loves to play golfBELANGER’S PLAYING CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%1993-94 Magog QAAA 32 19 24 43 – 24 – – – – –1994-95 Beauport QMJHL 71 12 28 40 – 24 – – – – –1995-96 Beauport QMJHL 59 35 48 83 – 18 – – – – –1996-97 Beauport QMJHL 31 13 37 50 – 30 – – – – –Rimouski QMJHL 31 26 41 67 – 36 – – – – –1997-98 Fredericton AHL 56 17 34 51 -1 28 6 0 3 110 15.51998-99 Springfield AHL 33 8 18 26 8 10 1 0 0 67 11.9Long Beach IHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.01999-00 Lowell AHL 65 15 25 40 -5 20 6 0 3 116 12.92000-01 LOS ANGELES NHL 62 9 12 21 14 16 1 2 1 80 11.3Lowell AHL 13 8 10 18 7 4 1 1 2 29 27.62001-02 LOS ANGELES NHL 53 8 16 24 2 21 2 1 1 67 11.92002-03 LOS ANGELES NHL 62 16 19 35 -5 26 0 3 1 114 14.02003-04 LOS ANGELES NHL 81 13 20 33 -16 44 0 1 2 132 9.82004-05 HC Forst Bolanzo Italy 12 13 10 23 – 20 – – – – –2005-06 LOS ANGELES NHL 65 17 20 37 -5 62 5 0 1 119 14.32006-07 CAROLINA NHL 56 8 12 20 -2 14 3 0 1 100 8.0ATLANTA NHL 24 9 6 15 0 12 1 0 0 49 18.42007-08 MINNESOTA NHL 75 13 24 37 -6 30 7 1 3 115 11.3WILD TOTALS 75 13 24 37 -6 30 7 1 3 115 11.3NHL TOTALS 478 93 129 222 -18 225 19 8 10 776 12.0BELANGER’S POSTSEASON CAREERSEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S%1993-94 Magog QAAA 13 5 6 11 – 36 – – – – –1994-95 Beauport QMJHL 18 5 9 14 – 25 – – – – –1995-96 Beauport QMJHL 20 13 14 27 – 6 – – – – –1996-97 Rimouski QMJHL 4 2 3 5 – 10 – – – – –1997-98 Fredericton AHL 4 2 1 3 – 2 1 0 0 – –1998-99 Springfield AHL 3 0 1 1 – 2 0 0 0 – –1999-00 Lowell AHL 7 3 3 6 – 2 1 0 1 – –2000-01 LOS ANGELES NHL 13 1 4 5 3 2 0 0 1 18 5.62001-02 LOS ANGELES NHL 7 0 0 0 -5 4 0 0 0 7 0.02004-05 HC Forst Bolanzo Italy 9 3 7 10 – 33 – – – – –2006-07 ATLANTA NHL 4 1 0 1 -6 12 1 0 0 3 33.32007-08 MINNESOTA NHL 6 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 9 0.0WILD TOTALS 6 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 9 0.0NHL TOTALS 30 2 4 6 -9 22 1 0 1 37 5.4in his free time...Lists Tiger Woods as his favorite athlete...Names his parents as the peoplewho inspired his hockey career...Lists U2 as his favorite band and “Prison Break” as hisfavorite television show...Enjoys eggs for breakfast and names sushi as his favorite food...Lists the birth of his two daughters as his most memorable moment away from the rink.NHL HIGHLIGHTSMost Goals, Game:3 – vs. STL, 12/17/02Most Assists, Game:4 – at EDM, 11/15/07Most Points, Game:4 – at EDM, 11/15/07Most PIM, Game:5 – vs. WSH, 10/16/01Goal Streak:3g – three timesAssist Streak:4g – 10/29-11/04/02Point Streak:6g – 11/11-11/22/05Career Hat Tricks:1 – vs. STL, 12/17/02Eric BelangerTable of contents Hockey Operations Wild THings The Players Team History Team Records Playoff History The NHL