Marcel Müller (born July 10, 1988) is a

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professional

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currently playing with

Krefeld Pinguine The Krefeld Pinguine (Krefeld Penguins) are an ice hockey team in the DEL2. Their home ice is in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the Yayla Arena. Founded in 1936 by entrepreneur Willi Münstermann, the pro team became a limited liab ...

in the

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Playing career

Müller began playing professionally with

Eisbären Berlin The Eisbären Berlin (; English: ''Berlin Polar Bears'') is a professional ice hockey team based in Berlin, Germany. The team competes in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the highest level of play in professional German ice hockey, and is also ...

of the

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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 The Kölner Haie (English: ''Cologne Sharks'') are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany, that plays in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team was one of the founding members of the DEL. The ''Kölner Haie'' play their ho ...

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. 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

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. On July 14, 2010, Müller signed a two-year entry-level contract with the

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. The Maple Leafs compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the A ...

. In his first season, after initially being assigned to affiliate, the

Toronto Marlies The Toronto Marlies are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a member of the North Division of the Eastern Conference. The Marlies are owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, a c ...

for the

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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 Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team currently plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan after losing to HV71 after the play out following the 2024/25 se ...

of the Swedish

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. 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,

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 The Hamburg Freezers were a professional men's ice hockey club from Hamburg, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club announced its withdrawal from the DEL and ceased operations on 24 May 2016 when Anschutz Entertainment Group, ...

. 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 Linköping Hockey Club, often known by its Acronym, initials LHC, or Colloquialism, colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Linköping, founded in 1976. The home arena of the team is Saab Arena (for ...

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 Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team plays in the top-tier league, Swedish Hockey League (SHL), after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus ...

of the

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. Since the 2009–10 season, t ...

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

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Marcel 1988 births Living people Eisbären Berlin players German ice hockey left wingers Hamburg Freezers players Ice hockey people from Berlin Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Kölner Haie players Krefeld Pinguine players Leksands IF players Linköping HC players Modo Hockey players Olympic ice hockey players for Germany Straubing Tigers players Toronto Maple Leafs players Toronto Marlies players Undrafted National Hockey League players