Mark Voakes

Mark Voakes
Born (1984-04-06) 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

  1. ↑ "Amerks sign Voakes". Rochester Americans. 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  2. ↑ "Canadian Mark Voakes comes to terms with Krefeld" (in German). Krefeld Pinguine. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Stürmer Voakes wechselt von Krefeld nach Wolfsburg". Westdeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Mark Voakes und Tyson Mulock verlängern bis 2018". Hockeyweb. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
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