| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 227 |
| Played For: | Montreal Canadiens |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Bellefeuille, Quebec, Canada |
| Draft: | 124th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1998 |
| Draft Team: | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Career Start: | 1998 |
| Career End: | 2013 |
Francis Henri Bélanger (born January 15, 1978)[1] is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 10 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens during the 2000–01 season.
On July 23, 1999, during the offseason, Belanger and Mikhail Chernov were on a boating trip to Okanagan Lake in British Columbia with Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Dmitri Tertyshny when the latter suffered fatal injuries in a freak accident.[2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1994–95 | Abitibi-Témiscamingue Forestiers | QMAAA | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Laval Régents | QMAAA | 28 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 78 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | St-Jérôme Panthers | QPJHL | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 179 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 53 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 134 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | ||
| 1997–98 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 33 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Rimouski Océanic | QMJHL | 30 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 248 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 61 | ||
| 1998–99 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 58 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 242 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 1999–00 | Trenton Titans | ECHL | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 22 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 101 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | ||
| 2001–02 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 69 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 165 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 40 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Richmond RiverDogs | UHL | 17 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 2003–04 | Granby Prédateurs | QSMHL | 42 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 179 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Richmond RiverDogs | UHL | 63 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 174 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Danbury Trashers | UHL | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | ||
| 2005–06 | Danbury Trashers | UHL | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Sorel-Tracy Mission | LNAH | 38 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 145 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 2006–07 | Sorel-Tracy Mission | LNAH | 40 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 118 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 28 | ||
| 2007–08 | Sorel-Tracy Mission | LNAH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Rivière-du-Loup CIMT | QSCHL | 27 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 99 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 41 | ||
| 2010–11 | Sorel-Tracy GCI | LNAH | 32 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Sorel-Tracy Carvena HC | LNAH | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||