Tony Voce (born October 30, 1980) is an American former professional

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player. Voce was the first

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native to play for the

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organization.

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

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, and for the second time (also as a sophomore) was awarded the Norman F. Bailey Award as team

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. 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

, he was sent to their minor league affiliate, the

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. Voce was a member of the 2004–05

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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

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of the

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. After two weeks in Austria, he was released by the team.Motherwell und Jakobsen zurück - Voce wurde entlassen!
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Awards and honors

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