Mark Voakes

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Mark Voakes | image = EHCO-Cup, Grizzlys Wolfsburg vs. Genève-Servette HC, 23rd August 2016 20.JPG | image_size = 230px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|04|06}} | birth_place = St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 181 | position = Centre | shoots = Left | played_for = Portland Pirates<br>Rochester Americans<br>Krefeld Pinguine<br>Grizzlys Wolfsburg<br>EHC München | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2009 | career_end = 2021 }} '''Mark Voakes''' (born April 6, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He most notably played 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=294 | title = Amerks sign Voakes | publisher = Rochester Americans | date = 2011-08-14 | accessdate = 2011-08-14 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927234826/http://www.amerks.com/newsX.asp?type=News&aID=294 | archivedate = September 27, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

On June 1, 2012, Voakes signed his first European contract on an initial one-year deal with Krefeld Pinguine of the German DEL.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://portal.krefeld-pinguine.de/index.php?view=article&catid=35%3Apinguine-news&id=685%3Amark-voakes-wechselt-zu-den-krefeld-pinguinen&format=pdf&option=com_content&Itemid=118&lang=de | title = Canadian Mark Voakes comes to terms with Krefeld | publisher = Krefeld Pinguine | date = 2012-06-01 | accessdate = 2012-06-01 | language = German }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> After two years with the Krefeld team, he signed with fellow DEL side EHC Wolfsburg prior to the 2014–15 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.wz.de/lokales/krefeld/sport/krefeld-pinguine/stuermer-voakes-wechselt-von-krefeld-nach-wolfsburg-1.1618660|title = Stürmer Voakes wechselt von Krefeld nach Wolfsburg|website = Westdeutsche Zeitung|access-date = 2016-03-04}}</ref> In January 2016, he put pen to paper on a contract extension that will keep him at the club through the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.hockeyweb.de/del/mark-voakes-und-tyson-mulock-verlaengern-bis-2018-82605|title = Mark Voakes und Tyson Mulock verlängern bis 2018|website = Hockeyweb|access-date = 2016-03-04}}</ref>

On May 7, 2018, Voakes left Wolfsburg as a free agent and agreed to a one-year contract with reigning champions, EHC München.<ref>{{Cite web| publisher = EHC München | date = 2018-05-07 | accessdate = 2018-05-07 | language = German | url = https://www.redbullmuenchen.de/news/red-bulls-verpflichten-mark-voakes | title = Red Bulls sign Mark Voakes }}</ref>

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