March 3, 2010

Vokes Named ECHL's Rookie of Month

PRINCETON, N.J. - Matt Vokes of the Trenton Devils has been selected as the Reebok Hockey ECHL Rookie of the Month for February. Vokes is a former Brown standout.

He was also named the ECHL Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 15-21.

Vokes had 20 points (9g-11a) in 11 games, including three game-winning goals and a plus-minus rating of +6 to help Trenton go 8-3-0. He led rookies during the month in goals, assists, game-winners and plus-minus and was tied for the lead among rookies with three power-play goals and one shorthand goal.

He leads the Devils with 24 assists and a plus-minus rating of +12 and is second on the team with 38 points.

The 24 year old currently has a nine-game point streak (9g-8a) which began on Feb. 12 when he scored a shorthand goal to help the Devils beat Reading 5-3 and has four games with three-or-more points during the streak. He also has an eight-game point streak (4g-10a) on the road since Jan. 27 when he had an assist in Trenton’s 2-1 win at Florida.

Vokes set a career high with four goals against Wheeling on Feb. 21 and tied a career high with three assists against Reading on Feb. 5, at Elmira on Feb. 14 and at Johnstown on Feb. 20 and tallied three-or-more points in four of his 11 games during the month.

His four goals on Feb. 21 included a power-play goal and the game winner and it was the first multi-goal game Vokes has recorded in his career and the third time this season he has had four points in one game. He scored four points (1g-3a) in a 5-2 win against Wheeling on Jan. 2 and added four points (1g-3a) against Reading in a 4-1 victory on Feb. 5.

Prior to joining the ECHL, the Auburn, Mass. native played four seasons at Brown University and saw action in 115 games, recording 64 points (28g-36a) and 63 penalty minutes from 2005-09. He also had 90 points (44g-46a) and 58 penalty minutes in 113 regular-season games and 14 points (6g-8a) and 10 penalty minutes in 14 playoff games with Cedar Rapids of the United States Hockey League from 2003-05.