Mark Voakes

Mark Voakes ( born April 6, 1984 in Windsor, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since the summer of 2012 at the Krefeld Penguins in the German Ice Hockey League contract.

Career

Mark Voakes began in his hometown at the St. Thomas Stars with the sport of ice hockey. After a brief stint at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, the Canadians quickly returned to Ontario, where he became studied at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo and in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport was playing hockey for his university after a year off. After four years and numerous personal awards, among other things, he was in the 2008 /09 season Most Valuable Player is selected, he moved to the 2009/10 season to the Cincinnati Cyclones in the ECHL. On 23 October 2009 the stint with the Wheeling Nailers, he scored his first goal in the league. In the course of the duel Voakes scored two more goals, what a hat-trick meant. In March 2010, the Cyclones him transferred along with Scott Marchesi in exchange for Mathieu Aubin to the Bakersfield Condors. There he was able to convince the few remaining games, but decided for a change to the Greenville Road Warriors newly established. After the team was second in the main round, the team retired early from the play- offs. Voakes finished the season with the Portland Pirates, a team of the American Hockey League. In his debut against the Springfield Falcons, he once met and also prepared a gate in front. In the following four games, he always wore at least at one point scorer. An anniversary celebrated Canadians on March 19, 2011. In the away game against the Hershey Bears Voakes completed his hundredth use as a professional. In the play-offs in 2011 Voakes failed with the Pirates in the second round after the team had been second in the main round table. In these Voakes was behind Mark Mancari and Derek Whitmore 's third- best scorer of his team.

For the season 2011/ 12, the center of the organization of the Buffalo Sabres joined, where he was, however, exclusively in the farm team of the Sabres, with the Rochester Americans, are used. For the Americans Voakes completed his first professional season in which he played exclusively for a team. The attacker was the fifth best scorer of his team in the main round.

On 1 June 2012, the Krefeld Penguins editions of the German Ice Hockey League, where he signed a one year contract, the obligation of the Canadian known. It was his first station outside North America. After initial problems with the larger European ice surface, the attacker improved during the season. With its new series partners Adam Courchaine and François Méthot he harmonized perfectly. His first goal in the DEL scored the Center on September 16, 2012, when he scored the game-winning goal in a 5-4 away win against Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg. In the play-offs, in the 1-2 defeat against ERC Ingolstadt to Voakes suffered a leg injury and thus fell out for the rest of the season. On April 30, 2013, the team from North Rhine -Westphalia announced the extension of the expiring contract.

Play

Voakes is considered an excellent face-off player, both defensively and offensively has its strengths, it also runs very strong. He often takes the opposing player from the puck and passes through his running strength dangerous counter a. The Supervisory Board member of the Krefeld Penguins Wolfgang Schulz certifies him a good vision and compares it to the former DEL player Brad Purdie: ". This is a guy like Purdie, he distributed well and is a goal threat " Furthermore shines Voakes very fair player. He received the 2007 trophy for the Most sportsmanlike player in the CIS. The trophy is awarded to the player with the most exemplary behavior and from off the ice.

Awards and achievements

• 2007 CIS (OUA West) Most sportsmanlike player
• 2007 CIS (OUA West) Second All-Star Team
• 2008 CIS (OUA West) First All -Star Team

• 2009 CIS (OUA West) First All -Star Team
• 2009 CIS (OUA West) Most Valuable Player
• 2009 CIS ( OUA) Outstanding Player in League Play " Bill L' Heureux Trophy"

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )