Kris Newbury

Kris Newbury
Date of birth	19th February 1982
place of birth	Brampton , Ontario , Canada
size	178 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2002 , 5th lap, 139th position San Jose Sharks
Career stations
1998-2000	Belleville Bulls
2000-2003	Sarnia Sting
2003-2005	St. John's Maple Leafs
2005-2009	Toronto Marlies
2009-2010	Grand Rapids Griffins
2010-2013	Hartford Wolf Pack Connecticut Whale
2013-2014	Adirondack Phantoms
2014-2015	Hershey Bears
2015-2017	Ontario Reign
2017-2018	Fish town penguins

Kris Newbury (born February 19, 1982 in Brampton , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Fischtown Pinguins in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

Kris Newbury began his career as a hockey player in the Ontario Hockey League , in which he was initially active from 1998 to 2000 for the Belleville Bulls and then from 2000 to 2003 for the Sarnia Sting . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2002 in the fifth round as a total of 139th player by the San Jose Sharks , for which he however never played. In the summer of 2003, the attacker was added to the roster of Toronto's farm team from the American Hockey League , the St. John's Maple Leafs , for which he was on the ice for the following two seasons. From the 2005/06 season Newbury was active for the new AHL farm team of the Maple Leafs, the Toronto Marlies . From the 2006/07 season, the Canadian also came to some appearances in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs .

In the following years Newbury played in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins , Hartford Wolf Pack , Connecticut Whale and Adirondack Phantoms and only made a few appearances per season in the corresponding NHL partner teams ( Detroit Red Wings , New York Rangers , Philadelphia Flyers ) . After the Flyers had awarded him to the Hershey Bears in March 2014 , he switched permanently to their NHL partner, the Washington Capitals, in July 2014 . These use him, however, exclusively with the Bears in the AHL, from which he moved within the league to the newly founded Ontario Reign in July 2015 .

For the 2017/18 season, the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven signed Kris Newbury from the German ice hockey league .

Achievements and Awards

• 1999 J. Ross Robertson Cup win with the Belleville Bulls
• 2002 OHL Second All-Star Team
• 2003 OHL Third All-Star Team
• 2007 AHL All-Star Classic (not played)

NHL statistics

Status: end of the 2014/15 season

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	8th	76	4th	6th	10	139
Playoffs	1	3	0	0	0	2

Web links

• Kris Newbury at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Kris Newbury at eliteprospects.com (English)