Jewels from the Crown: You're from Toronto suburb Brampton. How often have you had to explain to friends and family that the Ontario Reign play nowhere near Toronto?
Kris Newbury: Quite a bit actually. Just mostly to friends. They think I'm still somewhere in [Canada's] Ontario. Being in Pennsylvania last summer, the whole summer, I really didn't get to see them much. By now though, they all know we're in California.
JFTC: In 2002 (JFTC note: After a breakout, 102-point season with the OHL's Sarnia Sting), you were drafted in the fifth round by the San Jose Sharks and then-GM Dean Lombardi.