Belanger to London Nationals
Sault Ste. Marie product Connor Belanger has moved up to the junior hockey level. A 2009 birth year forward who began the season with the AAA Under 18 level Soo Indians, Belanger has signed with the London Nationals of the Greater Ontario Hockey League.
The 6 foot 4, 190 pound Belanger had two goals, four assists, six points in eight games for the U18 Indians to start the ’26-27 season before the team was granted a leave of absence from the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association’s Tier 1 Elite League due to a player shortage. Belanger spent the full ’25-26 season with the Michigan-based Indians, playing in 68 games and scoring 14 goals, 15 assists, 29 points.
Belanger Hockey Family. 17-year old Connor Belanger is the son of 52-year old Ken Belanger and the younger brother of 22-year old Kenny Belanger. The elder Belanger was a feared Ontario Hockey League winger with the Ottawa 67’s and Guelph Storm who went on to play in 260 National Hockey League games with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders, Boston Bruins and Los Angeles Kings. As for Connor’s older brother Kenny, the lanky forward starred with the Soo Eagles of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League before moving to the Ontario Jr. Hockey League and then Ontario University Athletics — and then signing a minor pro contract with the Rapid City Rush ahead of this season.
