Marcel Müller (born July 10, 1988) is a 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 for 56 points in 53 games during the regular season. He 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. 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.
After one season with Modo, Müller returned to his native Germany and signed with former club, Kölner Haie on June 28, 2013. 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.
After the Freezers pull-out from the DEL 2016, he returned to his previous club for the 2016–17 season with Krefeld Pinguine. 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.
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. 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.
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.
Career statistics
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 2022–23Krefeld PinguineDEL2502446702612311144 2023–24Straubing TigersDEL3197166————— 2024–25Straubing TigersDEL222248————— 2024–25Krefeld PinguineDEL21046102855104 DEL totals 594 161 211 372 795 45 5 11 16 61 NHL totals 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
International 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
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