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Kris Newbury played five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1998-99 to 2002-03. His first season in the OHL was played with the Belleville Bulls He was part of a Robertson Cup winning Bulls team that beat out the London Knights in the OHL final and went on to an appearance at the Memorial Cup.

Newbury’s stint with the Belleville Bulls came to an end in his second season when he was traded mid-way to the Sarnia Sting. In 2001-02, Kris was fourth in Ontario Hockey League scoring with 104 points, just six points behind first place Nathan Robinson of the Belleville Bulls. In his final season in the OHL, Kris dropped to ninth in league scoring with 92 points, 59 points behind first place Corey Locke of the Ottawa 67′s. In each of those final two seasons, Kris had over 140 penalty minutes.

Kris Newbury was drafted in the fifth round of the 2002 NHL draft by the San Jose Sharks, 139th overall. In 2003, he was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Kris remained in the Maple Leafs organization until the start of the 2009-10 season. Newbury played mostly with Toronto’s AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies.

Kris became property of the Detroit Redwings for the 2009-10 season and played mostly with their AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins. Near the end of this past season, Newbury was traded to the New York Rangers system. He will start the upcoming season in the American Hockey League with the Hartford Wolf Pack.

In all, Newbury has played 48 total games in the NHL, all but four have been with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the remainder with the Detroit Red Wings. In 395 career games in the AHL, Kris has accumulated 936 penalty minutes.

Check out Kris Newbury’s profile page on the Hartford Wolf Pack official website.

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The Hartford Wolf Pack are the New York Rangers AHL affiliate. There are 8 Ontario Hockey League alumni currently on the Wolf Pack. Click on the following players names to view their profile page at the team’s official website.

Kris Newbury played five seasons in the OHL from 1998-99 to 2002-03. His first season was spent with the Belleville Bulls and was traded midway through his second to the Sarnia Sting, where he finished out his OHL career. Kris has NHL experience with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Redwings. He was a recent aquisition from the Redwings organization.

Justin Soryal played for the Peterborough Petes from 2004-05 to 2007-08. This is his second full season with the Wolf Pack.

Evgeny Grachev was rookie of the year in his one OHL season, 2008-09, spent with the Brampton Battalion. He, of course, helped the team go deep into the playoffs before losing to eventual Memorial Cup Champs, the Windsor Spitfires, in the OHL final. A third round pick of the Rangers, Evgeny has spent the full season with the Wolf Pack.

Bobby Sanguinetti was a first round pick of the Rangers in 2006. His OHL career spanned 4 seasons from 2004-05 to 2007-08. His first three seasons were spent in Owen Sound with the Attack and his last was with the Brampton Battalion. The American born defenseman is in his second full season with the Wolf Pack and has had a taste of the NHL with five games this season with the Rangers.

Ryan Garlock played his first OHL season, 2002-03, with the Guelph Storm. He was traded in his second season to the Windsor Spitfires where he finish out his OHL career a couple years later in 2005-06.

Steve Valiquette played in the OHL from 1994-95 to 1997-98. He played between the pipes with the Sudbury Wolves until being traded to the Erie Otters midway through his final season. Originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings, Steve has had NHL experience with the New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers and the New York Rangers.

Nigel Williams played two seasons in the OHL. His first was with the Saginaw Spirit in 2006-07 and his second was split between the Spirit and the Belleville Bulls in 2007-08. Nigel played last season with the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL and is in his first season with the Wolf Pack.

Corey Locke leads the Wolf Pack in scoring this season, something he’s used to, having been OHL scoring champion in both 2002-03 and 2003-04. Corey played for the Ottawa 67′s from 2001-02 to 2003-04. He has 1 NHL game under his belt with the Montreal Canadiens and is in his first season with the Wolf Pack.

This is part 2 of a 3 part series on the New York Rangers system. To see the previous post on the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL, click here. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s spotlight on the OHL alumni playing for the New York Rangers.