# Mark Voakes

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{{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](/source/St._Thomas%2C_Ontario), Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 181
| position = [Centre](/source/Centre_(ice_hockey))
| shoots = Left
| played_for  = [Portland Pirates](/source/Portland_Pirates)<br>[Rochester Americans](/source/Rochester_Americans)<br>[Krefeld Pinguine](/source/Krefeld_Pinguine)<br>[Grizzlys Wolfsburg](/source/Grizzlys_Wolfsburg)<br>[EHC München](/source/EHC_M%C3%BCnchen)
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2009
| career_end = 2021
}}
'''Mark Voakes''' (born April 6, 1984) is a Canadian former professional [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) player. He most notably played in the [Deutsche Eishockey Liga](/source/Deutsche_Eishockey_Liga) (DEL).

==Playing career==
Prior to turning professional, Voakes attended [Wilfrid Laurier University](/source/Wilfrid_Laurier_University) where he played four seasons of [Canadian Interuniversity Sport](/source/Canadian_Interuniversity_Sport) hockey. During the summer of 2011, the [Rochester Americans](/source/Rochester_Americans) announced that they had signed Voakes to an [American Hockey League](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Krefeld_Pinguine) of the [German](/source/Germany) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/EHC_M%C3%BCnchen) | 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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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Category:1984 births
Category:Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015) players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Canadian ice hockey centres
Category:Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) players
Category:Greenville Road Warriors players
Category:Krefeld Pinguine players
Category:Living people
Category:EHC München players
Category:Ice hockey people from St. Thomas, Ontario
Category:Portland Pirates players
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Grizzlys Wolfsburg players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen

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