Marcel Müller

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Marcel Müller (born July 10, 1988) is German professional ice hockey left winger currently playing with Straubing Tigers in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Marcel Müller
Born (1988-07-10) July 10, 1988 (age 36)
East Berlin, East Germany
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 229 lb (104 kg; 16 st 5 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams
Straubing Tigers
Eisbären Berlin
Kölner Haie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Modo Hockey
Krefeld Pinguine
Hamburg Freezers
Linköping HC
National team  Germany
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2005–present

Playing career

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Müller began playing professionally with Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in the 2005–06 season. He played with Berlin and their junior team in the third-level Oberliga for two seasons. He then joined the Kölner Haie in 2007.

The 2009–10 season was his most successful[according to whom?] season in the DEL scoring wise with the Kölner Haie accounting for 56 points in 53 games during the regular season. He has also received a career high total of 122 penalty minutes. Müller was selected to play for the German national team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

On July 14, 2010, Müller signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs.[1] In his first season, after initially being assigned to affiliate, the Toronto Marlies for the 2010–11 season, Mueller was recalled and on January 15, 2011 he played his first NHL regular season game, a shootout loss to Calgary at home.

Unable to establish a role with the Maple Leafs, on July 20, 2012, Müller left to sign with the MoDo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien. In signing with Modo, Mueller also became the franchise's inaugural German player.[2]

After one season with Modo, Müller returned to his native Germany and signed with former club, Kölner Haie on June 28, 2013.[3] In his second season in cologne, Mueller left after 6 games in switching to Krefeld Pinguine for the remainder of the campaign.

On April 28, 2015, Müller signed a three-year contract as a free agent to join his fourth DEL team, the Hamburg Freezers.[4]

After the Freezers pull-out from the DEL 2016, he returned to his previous club for the 2016–17 season with Krefeld Pinguine.[5] He featured in 43 games with the Pinguine, producing 37 points before leaving on February 15, 2017, as he signed a deal with Swedish SHL team Linköping HC for the remainder of the campaign.[6]

As a free agent, Müller opted to again return to Krefeld to play in his third stint with the club on a one-year deal on April 25, 2017.[7] In the 2017–18 season, Müller appeared in 43 games with Krefeld to lead the club with 24 goals and 52 points. While out of playoff contention, Müller left Krefeld to play out the remainder of the season with Swedish club, Leksands IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan in their bid for promotion to the SHL.

On April 6, 2018, Müller opted for another third stint in returning to former club, Kölner Haie, on a one-year contract.[8]

As a free agent, on May 11, 2022, Müller signed a three-year contract with newly relegated Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL2, with the ambition to return the club to the top flight in his third stint with the club.[9]

Career statistics

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Müller (left) with Kölner Haie (2021)

Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Jungadler Mannheim DNL 27 3 5 8 51 4 1 2 3 4
2004–05 Jungadler Mannheim DNL 25 21 13 34 75
2004–05 Mannheimer ERC II GER.4 3 1 1 2 4
2005–06 Eisbären Juniors Berlin DNL 8 9 4 13 50 1 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Eisbären Juniors Berlin GER.3 24 5 6 11 89
2005–06 Eisbären Berlin DEL 24 1 1 2 20
2006–07 Eisbären Juniors Berlin GER.3 9 1 3 4 18
2006–07 Eisbären Berlin DEL 36 1 7 8 53 3 0 0 0 14
2007–08 Kölner Haie DEL 44 6 7 13 61 14 1 1 2 6
2008–09 Kölner Haie DEL 41 11 14 25 60
2009–10 Kölner Haie DEL 53 24 32 56 122 3 0 4 4 2
2010–11 Toronto Marlies AHL 57 14 19 33 44
2010–11 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 0 0 0 2
2011–12 Toronto Marlies AHL 72 14 33 47 71 9 2 3 5 4
2012–13 Modo Hockey SEL 53 8 14 22 34 5 2 2 4 16
2013–14 Kölner Haie DEL 45 8 20 28 93 17 1 4 5 12
2014–15 Kölner Haie DEL 6 0 2 2 29
2014–15 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 32 19 16 35 18 3 3 2 5 0
2015–16 Hamburg Freezers DEL 50 8 18 26 55
2016–17 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 43 15 22 37 98
2016–17 Linköpings HC SHL 9 2 1 3 4 6 2 0 2 4
2017–18 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 43 24 28 52 48
2017–18 Leksands IF Allsv 8 2 6 8 10 10 0 3 3 16
2019–20 Kölner Haie DEL 40 12 11 23 49
2020–21 Kölner Haie DEL 38 10 9 19 42
2020–21 EC Kassel Huskies DEL2 6 4 4 8 2
2021–22 Kölner Haie DEL 46 11 15 26 33 5 0 0 0 27
2022–23 Krefeld Pinguine DEL2 50 24 46 70 26 12 3 11 14 4
2023–24 Straubing Tigers DEL 31 9 7 16 6
DEL totals 572 159 209 368 787 45 5 11 16 61
NHL totals 3 0 0 0 2

International

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Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Germany U17 5 2 0 2 4
2006 Germany U18 6 0 4 4 4
2007 Germany WJC 6 1 0 1 4
2008 Germany WJC D1 4 1 2 3 35
2010 Germany OG 4 0 2 2 12
2010 Germany WC 9 1 1 2 0
2011 Germany WC 7 1 4 5 6
2013 Germany OGQ 3 0 2 2 2
Junior totals 21 4 6 10 47
Senior totals 23 2 9 11 20

References

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  1. ^ McGran, Kevin (2010-07-14). "Leafs sign big German forward". TheStar.com. Toronto. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  2. ^ "Marcel Muller: The first German in Modo Hockey". Modo Hockey. 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  3. ^ "Marcel Mueller makes return home" (in German). Kölner Haie. 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  4. ^ "First recruit: Marcel Mueller to Hamburg". Hamburg Freezers. 2015-04-28. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  5. ^ "Marcel Müller goes back to Krefeld" (in German). Focus. 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
  6. ^ "Marcel Müller ansluter till Cluben - Linköping HC". www.lhc.eu (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  7. ^ "Marco Mueller stays with the Krefeld Pinguine". Krefeld Pinguine. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  8. ^ "Muller returns to Cologne" (in German). Kölner Haie. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  9. ^ Krefeld Pinguine (May 11, 2022). "Muller returns to Krefeld" (in German). Instagram. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
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