Mike Muller

Mike Muller (born September 18, 1971) is an American ice hockey coach and a retired ice hockey defenseman. , he is the head coach of the Minnesota Loons junior hockey team in the North American 3 Hockey League.
==Playing career==
===United States===
He was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Winnipeg Jets out of Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota and played for the University of Minnesota between 1990 und 1992.
===Russia===
Muller started his professional career in the 1992–93 season playing eleven games for HC Moscow Dynamo of the Russian International Hockey League. He was the first foreign hockey player in the Russian International Hockey League, in which he was a member of the championship team in the 1992–93 season.
===Germany===
Until 1997, he played in the AHL, IHL and ECHL, before moving to Germany. Muller represented several second- and third-division teams from Germany, including EHC Neuwied, Iserlohner EC, Bietigheim Steelers, Moskitos Essen, EV Ravensburg and EHF Passau Black Hawks. He retired from playing after the 2009–10 season.
==Coaching career==
In his early coaching career, Muller worked at the youth level, coaching the under-20 squad of Italian club HC Eppan in 2011–12. He then returned to Ravensburg, where he had spent three years as a player, taking over as youth coach while also serving as assistant on the club's men's team in the second German division.
Prior to the 2015–16 season, Muller was appointed head coach of ESV Kaufbeuren, a member of Germany's second-tier DEL2. In December 2015, he signed a contract extension through the 2016–17 season. On February 16, 2016, Muller was fired by ESV Kaufbeuren after a series of two wins and 13 losses since the beginning of the new year.
In March 2019, Muller was announced as the head coach of the Breezy Point North Stars of the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The team ceased operations after his first season. When the franchise was re-activated as the Minnesota Loons in 2021, he was brought back as head coach.
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1990–91 	University of Minnesota	NCAA 		33 	4 	4 	8 	44 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1991–92 	University of Minnesota	NCAA 		44 	4 	12 	16 	60 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1992–93 	HC Dynamo Moscow 	Russia 		11 	1 	0 	1 	8 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1992–93 	HC Dynamo Moscow-2 	Russia2 		42 	8 	5 	13 	58 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94 	Moncton Hawks 	AHL 		61 	2 	14 	16 	88 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Springfield Falcons 	AHL 		64 	2 	5 	7 	61 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Minnesota Moose 	IHL 		53 	3 	7 	10 	72 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Grand Rapids Griffins 	IHL 		2 	0 	0 	0 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Mississippi Sea Wolves 	ECHL 		54 	15 	24 	39 	36 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Baton Rouge Kingfish 	ECHL 		12 	1 	10 	11 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	EHC Neuwied 	Germany2 		68 	22 	39 	61 	42 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	EHC Neuwied 	Germany2 		58 	6 	26 	32 	42 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Iserlohner EC 	Germany2 		11 	2 	4 	6 	12 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	Germany2 		29 	1 	6 	7 	57 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	Germany2 		38 	4 	10 	14 	50 		4 	0 	3 	3 	10
2001–02 	Rockford IceHogs 	UHL 		34 	1 	13 	14 	25 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied 	Germany3 		21 	5 	6 	11 	20 		5 	0 	1 	1 	8
2002–03 	SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied 	Germany3 		53 	21 	26 	47 	60 		3 	1 	2 	3 	10
2003–04 	Moskitos Essen 	Germany3 		53 	12 	21 	33 	83 		6 	3 	3 	6 	6
2004–05 	EV Ravensburg 	Germany3 		49 	30 	30 	60 	60 		3 	0 	2 	2 	2
2005–06 	EV Ravensburg 	Germany3 		51 	26 	29 	55 	106 		6 	3 	5 	8 	16
2006–07 	EV Ravensburg 	Germany3 		47 	13 	30 	43 	125 		10 	1 	7 	8 	47
2007–08 	EHF Passau Black Hawks 	Germany3 		53 	9 	16 	25 	99 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	EHF Passau Black Hawks 	Germany3 		61 	11 	54 	65 	68 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	EHF Passau Black Hawks 	Germany3 		40 	6 	18 	24 	38 		5 	1 	1 	2 	6
AHL totals	AHL totals 	AHL totals		125 	4 	19 	23 	149 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
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