Mark Voakes
| Mark Voakes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
April 6, 1984 St. Thomas, ON, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| DEL team Former teams |
Grizzlys Wolfsburg Portland Pirates Rochester Americans Krefeld Pinguine | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
Mark Voakes (born April 6, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Grizzlys Wolfsburg in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing career
Prior to turning professional, Voakes attended Wilfrid Laurier University where he played four seasons of Canadian Interuniversity Sport hockey. During the summer of 2011, the Rochester Americans announced that they had signed Voakes to an American Hockey League contract.[1]
On June 1, 2012, Voakes signed his first European contract on an initial one-year deal with Krefeld Pinguine of the German DEL.[2] After two years with the Krefeld team, he signed with fellow DEL side EHC Wolfsburg prior to the 2014-15 campaign.[3] In January 2016, he put pen to paper on a contract extension that will keep him at the club through the 2017-18 season.[4]
References
- ^ "Amerks sign Voakes". Rochester Americans. August 14, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Canadian Mark Voakes comes to terms with Krefeld" (in German). Krefeld Pinguine. June 1, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Stürmer Voakes wechselt von Krefeld nach Wolfsburg". Westdeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- ^ "Mark Voakes und Tyson Mulock verlängern bis 2018". Hockeyweb. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
External links
- Mark Voakes career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Mark Voakes career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1984 births
- Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015) players
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Cincinnati Cyclones players
- Greenville Road Warriors players
- Krefeld Pinguine players
- Living people
- People from St. Thomas, Ontario
- Portland Pirates players
- Rochester Americans players
- EHC Wolfsburg players
- Canadian ice hockey centre stubs