Bellissimo, brother of
Daniel Bellissimo, played NCAA college hockey with the
Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team before beginning his professional career in the
American Hockey League with the
San Antonio Rampage near the end of the
2004–05 AHL season. In 2007, after three seasons of playing in the North American minor leagues, Bellissimo arrived in Europe to play in the
Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) with the
ERC Ingolstadt. In 2009, after two brief experiences in
SM-liiga,
Finland, and
Austria, he returned to Ingolstadt. During the 2009-10 season, Bellissimo arrived at
HC Asiago where his brother Daniel was playing already. After winning the title with Asiago, for family reasons he decided to return to North America to play his final
2010–11 season in the
ECHL with the
Las Vegas Wranglers. ==Career statistics==