TORONTO (CP) - Kris Newbury and his four-year-old son, Jacob, will always remember New Year's Day 2007.
The 24-year-old native of nearby Brampton scored his first NHL goal to help the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 5-1, and Jacob was in Air Canada Centre to see his dad do it.
"He loves to come and watch," said Newbury, whose aunt brought the boy to what was Newbury's fifth big-league game.
Newbury toiled in the minors for three seasons before getting his call-up just before Christmas when one Leaf after another was injured. He was summoned from the AHL's Toronto Marlies.
"You've always got to stay positive," he said. "I was playing pretty well down there and was being rewarded with lots of ice time.
Recently-promoted Kris Newbury gets first NHL goal as Leafs defeat Bruins 5-1