Marcel Müller
Born (1988-07-10) July 10, 1988
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
DEL2 team
Former teams		 Krefeld Pinguine
Eisbären Berlin
Kölner Haie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Modo Hockey
Hamburg Freezers
Linköping HC
National team  Germany
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2005–present

Marcel Müller (born July 10, 1988) is German professional ice hockey left winger currently playing with Krefeld Pinguine in the DEL2.

Playing career

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 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 inked 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

Müller (left) with Kölner Haie (2021)

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04Jungadler MannheimDNL273585141234
2004–05Jungadler MannheimDNL2521133475—————
2004–05Mannheimer ERC IIGER.431124—————
2005–06Eisbären Juniors BerlinDNL894135010000
2005–06Eisbären Juniors BerlinGER.324561189—————
2005–06Eisbären BerlinDEL2411220—————
2006–07Eisbären Juniors BerlinGER.3913418—————
2006–07Eisbären BerlinDEL3617853300014
2007–08Kölner HaieDEL44671361141126
2008–09Kölner HaieDEL4111142560—————
2009–10Kölner HaieDEL5324325612230442
2010–11Toronto MarliesAHL5714193344—————
2010–11Toronto Maple LeafsNHL30002—————
2011–12Toronto MarliesAHL721433477192354
2012–13Modo HockeySEL538142234522416
2013–14Kölner HaieDEL4582028931714512
2014–15Kölner HaieDEL602229—————
2014–15Krefeld PinguineDEL321916351833250
2015–16Hamburg FreezersDEL508182655—————
2016–17Krefeld PinguineDEL4315223798—————
2016–17Linköpings HCSHL9213462024
2017–18Krefeld PinguineDEL4324285248—————
2017–18Leksands IFAllsv8268101003316
2019–20Kölner HaieDEL4012112349—————
2020–21Kölner HaieDEL381091942—————
2020–21EC Kassel HuskiesDEL264482—————
2021–22Kölner HaieDEL4611152633500027
DEL totals 541 150 202 352 781 45 5 11 16 61
NHL totals 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Germany U17 52024
2006 Germany U18 60444
2007 Germany WJC 61014
2008 Germany WJC D1 412335
2010 Germany OG 402212
2010 Germany WC 91120
2011 Germany WC 71456
2013 Germany OGQ 30222
Junior totals 21 4 6 10 47
Senior totals 23 2 9 11 20

References

  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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