Mirco Müller (also spelled Mirco Mueller; born 21 March 1995) is a Swiss professional

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who is currently playing with

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of the

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(NL). He previously played in the

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(NHL) with the

San Jose Sharks The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. The Sharks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Con ...

and the

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from 2014 to 2020. The Sharks selected Müller in the first round (18th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

As a youth, Müller played in the 2008

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with the Swiss Eastern team. Müller played for the

Kloten Flyers EHC Kloten is an ice hockey team based in the city of Kloten in Switzerland. The team plays in the National League (NL). It has one of the best youth systems in Swiss ice hockey as its youth teams have won 19 championships during the last 50 year ...

organization between 2010 and 2012, mostly at the junior level. During the 2011–12 season, Müller played seven games in the

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. Müller was selected 11th overall by the

Everett Silvertips The Everett Silvertips are an American major junior ice hockey team based in Everett, Washington. The team plays in the U.S. Division of the Western Conference of the Western Hockey League (WHL), and hosts games at Angel of the Winds Arena. Th ...

in the 2012

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import draft. "Over the last few years, a couple Swiss players played in North America, and they told me how high the playing level is thereSpecifically,

Nino Niederreiter Nino Niederreiter (born 8 September 1992) is a Swiss professional ice hockey winger for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 2010 NHL entry draft, making him the h ...

and Sven Bärtschi, who also played in the WHL. and I’ve always been interested to play in another country, so I was very happy to be picked by Everett," said Müller. Müller was selected in the first round, 18th overall, by the

in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, and on 22 September 2013, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Sharks, and returned to Everett. He did not play any exhibition games with the Sharks in 2013 due to an injury. On 17 June 2017, Müller (along with a fifth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft) was traded to the

in exchange for a second and a fourth-round pick in the same draft. On 27 February 2019, Müller was stretchered off the ice due to an injury sustained in a New Jersey home game against the

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. On 1 February 2021, Müller signed a one-year contract with

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

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(SHL).

International play

Müller played for

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in the

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in Ufa, Russia. Ahead of the tournament, Müller said, "I'm looking forward to playing against the best players in junior hockey, especially the Canadians, Americans, Swedes and the other top nations. It's in a new country that I've never been to before, and I'm excited to see what it's like over there."

Personal life

Müller is the older brother of hockey player

Alina Müller Alina Müller (born 12 March 1998) is a Swiss ice hockey forward for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She played college ice hockey at Northeaster ...

, a forward who plays for Boston in the PWHL and formerly played internationally for the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Mirco 1995 births Living people Binghamton Devils players Everett Silvertips players EHC Kloten players HC Lugano players Ice hockey people from the canton of Zürich Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Leksands IF players NHL first-round draft picks New Jersey Devils players Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland San Jose Barracuda players San Jose Sharks draft picks San Jose Sharks players Sportspeople from Winterthur Swiss ice hockey defencemen Worcester Sharks players