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Kris Newbury

Kris Newbury
Newbury with the Hershey Bears in 2015
Born (1982-02-19) February 19, 1982 (age 42)
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
ACH team
Former teams
Hamilton Steelhawks
Toronto Maple Leafs
Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
Fischtown Pinguins
NHL draft 139th overall, 2002
San Jose Sharks
Playing career 2003–2019

Kris Newbury (born February 19, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with the Deseronto Bulldogs in the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League

Playing career

Newbury played in the Ontario Hockey League for the Belleville Bulls, and later the Sarnia Sting with whom he achieved two seasons of 104 and 92 points, in 2001–02 and 2002–03, respectively.

Newbury scored his first goal while a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 1, 2007, against Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas.

On February 10, 2007, Newbury ended up in a fight with Ronald Petrovicky, of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He took several punches to the head and was knocked to the ice, giving him a concussion, which caused him to miss the remainder of the season.

On July 7, 2009, Newbury was signed by the Detroit Red Wings organization for the 2009–10 season.[1] After initially starting the year with AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, on December 14, 2009, Newbury scored his first goal as a member of the Detroit Red Wings against the Phoenix Coyotes.[2] On March 3, 2010, Newbury was traded by the Wings to the New York Rangers for forward Jordan Owens he was then assigned to affiliate the Hartford Wolfpack.[3]

On June 16, 2010, he re-signed with the Rangers on a two-year contract.[4]

On January 31, 2011, the New York Rangers recalled Newbury from the Connecticut Whale to the NHL. He was returned to the Whale on February 3, having scored one assist in eight games with the Rangers.[5]

On March 23, 2013, the Rangers once again recalled Newbury from Connecticut.[6] After being returned to Connecticut he was recalled again on April 26, 2013.[7]

On July 1, 2013, the Rangers traded Newbury to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenseman Danny Syvret.[8] In the 2013–14 season, Newbury was reassigned on loan from AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, to the Hershey Bears on March 12, 2014.[9]

On July 4, 2014, Newbury was signed as a free agent to a one-year, two-way contract with the Bears NHL affiliate, the Washington Capitals.[10] Following his second season with the Bears Newbury had off-season back surgery. Despite this he quickly signed a new contract to play for the Los Angeles Kings AHL affiliate, the Ontario Reign.[11] In the 2015–16 season, Newbury contributed with 10 goals and 26 points in 44 games.

As an unsigned free agent over the following summer, Newbury initially signed a contract to play in the ECHL with the Reading Royals. After making his Royals debut to begin the 2016–17 season, Newbury agreed to a professional try-out contract to return to the AHL with the Bakersfield Condors on October 18, 2016.[12] Despite registering 3 goals in 14 games with the Condors, Newbury was released at the conclusion of his try-out tenure. The following day he continued in the AHL by signing a PTO with the Charlotte Checkers on November 29, 2016.[13] He played out the season with the Checkers, posting 8 goals and 15 points in 38 games.

After 14 professional seasons in North America, Newbury signed his first contract abroad in agreeing to a one-year deal with German outfit, the Fischtown Pinguins of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on June 29, 2017.[14]

On August 16, 2018, it was announced that Newbury would be returning to North America after signing a standard player contract with the Brampton Beast of the ECHL for the 2018–19 season.[15] After reporting for training camp with the Beast, Newbury was placed on waivers and subsequently claimed to add experience to the Jacksonville Icemen on October 14, 2018.[16]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Brampton Capitals OPJHL 28 9 4 13 26
1997–98 Brampton Capitals OPJHL 46 11 21 32 161
1998–99 Belleville Bulls OHL 51 6 8 14 89 21 4 6 10 23
1999–2000 Belleville Bulls OHL 34 6 18 24 72
1999–2000 Sarnia Sting OHL 27 6 8 14 44 7 0 3 3 16
2000–01 Sarnia Sting OHL 64 28 30 58 126 4 1 3 4 20
2001–02 Sarnia Sting OHL 66 42 62 104 141 5 1 3 4 15
2002–03 Sarnia Sting OHL 64 34 58 92 149 6 4 4 8 16
2003–04 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 72 5 15 20 153
2004–05 Pensacola Ice Pilots ECHL 6 2 4 6 20
2004–05 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 55 4 9 13 103 5 0 0 0 26
2005–06 Toronto Marlies AHL 74 22 38 60 215 5 0 1 1 12
2006–07 Toronto Marlies AHL 37 12 24 36 87
2006–07 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 15 2 2 4 26
2007–08 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 28 1 1 2 32
2007–08 Toronto Marlies AHL 54 16 27 43 101 19 4 9 13 73
2008–09 Toronto Marlies AHL 33 6 23 29 72
2008–09 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 2
2009–10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 52 11 22 33 144
2009–10 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 1 0 1 4
2009–10 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 18 4 14 18 61
2010–11 Hartford Wolf Pack/CT Whale AHL 69 17 44 61 139 6 2 2 4 2
2010–11 New York Rangers NHL 11 0 1 1 35
2011–12 Connecticut Whale AHL 65 25 39 64 130 9 1 3 4 20
2011–12 New York Rangers NHL 7 0 0 0 24
2012–13 Connecticut Whale AHL 70 20 42 62 127
2012–13 New York Rangers NHL 6 0 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 2
2013–14 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 46 14 22 36 182
2013–14 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 4 0 1 1 7
2013–14 Hershey Bears AHL 17 4 9 13 25
2014–15 Hershey Bears AHL 68 18 30 48 171 10 0 4 4 16
2015–16 Ontario Reign AHL 44 10 16 26 79 12 1 2 3 17
2016–17 Reading Royals ECHL 1 1 2 3 2
2016–17 Bakersfield Condors AHL 14 3 2 5 17
2016–17 Charlotte Checkers AHL 38 8 7 15 33
2017–18 Fischtown Pinguins DEL 45 11 25 36 124 7 3 7 10 6
2018–19 Jacksonville Icemen ECHL 57 16 31 47 106 6 1 5 6 6
2019–20 Hamilton Steelhawks ACH 4 3 1 4 2 5 1 7 8 0
2020–21 Gananoque Islanders EOSHL 4 3 8 11 4 2 1 1 2 6
AHL totals 826 199 383 582 1839 66 8 21 29 166
NHL totals 76 4 6 10 139 3 0 0 0 2

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Canada Ontario U17 4th 3 1 1 2 4
1999 Canada U18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 4 0 4 0
Junior totals 6 5 1 6 4

References

  1. ^ "Wings agree to terms with three players". Detroit Red Wings. 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  2. ^ "Short-handed Red Wings lose Ericsson, then stave off Coyotes". CBS Sports. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  3. ^ "Rangers get Newbury, Eriksson in separate trades". New York Post. 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  4. ^ "Rangers sign Kris Newbury". SNYRangersblog.com. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  5. ^ "Newbury returned to Connecticut". NHL.com. February 3, 2011. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  6. ^ "Kris Newbury Recalled By Rangers". CBS News New York. 2013-03-23. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  7. ^ Brooks, L. (April 26, 2013). "Rangers forward Clowe injures right leg". New York Post. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  8. ^ "Flyers acquire Newbury from Rangers for Syvret". NHL.com. July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  9. ^ "Bears add Newbury; Whitmore to Phantoms". American Hockey League. 2014-03-12. Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  10. ^ "Capitals sign Tim Kennedy and Kris Newbury". MonumentalNetwork.com. 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  11. ^ "Rugged C Kris Newbury leaving Hershey Bears for L.A. Kings' new Ontario Reign AHL affiliate". The Patriot-News. 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  12. ^ "ECHL Transactions October 18". ECHL. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  13. ^ "Checkers sign veteran Kris Newbury to PTO". Charlotte Checkers. 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  14. ^ "Kris Newbury brings experience to the squad" (in German). Fischtown Pinguins. 2017-06-29. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  15. ^ "Beast sign veteran Kris Newbury". Brampton Beast. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  16. ^ "Icemen add veteran Kris Newbury". Jacksonville Icemen. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-14.