Kris Newbury

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. 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. 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.

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

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.

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

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

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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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 3 4 0 4 0 Junior totals 6 5 1 6 4