Introduction
Marcel Müller (born July 10, 1988) is German professional ice hockey left winger currently with Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
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. 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 sFigned 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. On February 15, 2017, he inked a deal with Swedish SHL team Linköping HC for the remainder of the 2016-17 campaign.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2005–06 | Berlin Jr. Polar Bears | GerObL | 26 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Berlin Jr. Polar Bears | GerObL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| DEL totals | 374 | 93 | 139 | 232 | 609 | 40 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 34 | ||||
| NHL totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||