Tony Voce

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Tony Voce
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Voce with the Philadelphia Phantoms in 2005
Born (1980-10-30) October 30, 1980 (age 41)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Philadelphia Phantoms
Grand Rapids Griffins
EHC Wolfsburg
Ilves
Graz 99ers
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 20042010

Tony Voce (born October 30, 1980) is an American former professional ice hockey player. Voce was the first Philadelphia native to play for the Philadelphia Flyers organization. [1]

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Playing career

Voce played college hockey at Boston College. In his four years there, he recorded 90 goals and 77 assists to go along with 207 penalty minutes. As a senior, he finished second in the nation in goals in the NCAA, and for the second time (also as a sophomore) was awarded the Norman F. Bailey Award as team MVP. In addition, he was named to the All-Hockey East First Team and was an AHCA First Team All-American.

After being signed as an undrafted free agent by his hometown team, the Philadelphia Flyers, he was sent to their minor league affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms. Voce was a member of the 2004–05 Calder Cup winning Philadelphia Phantoms team. He became one of the team's top goal-scorers, totaling 50 goals in 2 years as a member of the Phantoms before being loaned to Grand Rapids.

On March 17, 2008 he signed with the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and transferred November 28, 2008 to EC Graz 99ers of the Erste Bank Hockey League. [2] After two weeks in Austria, he was released by the team. [3]

Awards and honors

AwardYear
Hockey East All-Tournament Team 2001 [4]
All-Hockey East First Team 2001–02
All-Hockey East First Team 2003–04
AHCA East First-Team All-American 2003–04

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References

  1. "Flyers Sign Tony Voce to Contract". Philadelphia Flyers. July 13, 2004. Archived from the original on July 15, 2004. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  2. Tony Voce nach Graz
  3. Motherwell und Jakobsen zurück - Voce wurde entlassen!
  4. "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Hockey East Scoring Champion
2003–04 (with Ryan Shannon)
Succeeded by