Chris Mueller

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Chris Mueller
Date of birth March 6, 1986
place of birth West Seneca , New York , USA
size 181 cm
Weight 90 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2004-2008 Michigan State University
2008 Grand Rapids Griffins
2008-2009 Lake Erie Monsters
2009-2013 Nashville Predators
Milwaukee Admirals
2013-2014 Dallas Stars
Texas Stars
2014-2015 New York Rangers
Hartford Wolf Pack
2015-2016 San Diego Gulls
2016-2017 Tucson Roadrunners
2017-2019 Toronto Marlies
2019 Syracuse crunch
since 2019 Anaheim Ducks
San Diego Gulls

Chris Mueller (born March 6, 1986 in West Seneca , New York ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Anaheim Ducks in the National Hockey League since December 2019 and at the same time for their farm team, the San Diego Gulls , in the American Hockey League is used. Previously, the center was active in the NHL for the Nashville Predators , Dallas Stars and New York Rangers , but was mostly used in the AHL.

Career

Chris Mueller attended Nichols School in his youth and played for their ice hockey team in a regional high school league. He then attended Michigan State University for four years , where he won the championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) with the Spartans in the 2006/07 season . Without being considered in an NHL Entry Draft , the attacker was active for various teams in minor leagues after his college days , for the Grand Rapids Griffins , Lake Erie Monsters and Milwaukee Admirals from the American Hockey League (AHL) as well as for the Johnstown Chiefs and the Cincinnati Cyclones in the ECHL . As a player in the Milwaukee Admirals, he signed a contract in December 2010 with the Nashville Predators , the cooperation partner of the Admirals from the National Hockey League (NHL). As a result, the center came to 37 NHL missions in Nashville over the next two and a half years, but was still mainly used in Milwaukee and represented the Admirals at the 2012 AHL All-Star Classic .

In the summer of 2013, his expiring contract with the Predators was not extended, so the American joined the Dallas Stars as a free agent in July 2013 . With their farm team, the Texas Stars , he won the AHL playoffs for the Calder Cup at the end of the 2013/14 season . Also as a free agent, Mueller joined the New York Rangers in July 2014 , where he was mainly used for the Hartford Wolf Pack , before moving to the Anaheim Ducks in the summer of 2015 and to the Arizona Coyotes in the summer of 2016 . At these two stations, he received no more NHL service time, but played exclusively for the San Diego Gulls and the Tucson Roadrunners . In the Roadrunners' jersey, he achieved his personal best in the AHL in the 2016/17 season with 67 points from 68 games.

In July 2017 Mueller signed a two-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs , with their farm team, the Toronto Marlies , he won his second Calder Cup at the end of the 2017/18 season. For the 2019/20 season, he joined the Tampa Bay Lightning as a free agent . They sent him back to the Anaheim Ducks in December 2019 in exchange for Patrick Sieloff .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2004/05 Michigan State University NCAA 41 2 17th 19th +1 32
2005/06 Michigan State University NCAA 41 11 16 27 +5 47
2006/07 Michigan State University NCAA 42 16 16 32 +11 30th
2007/08 Michigan State University NCAA 42 13 14th 27 +4 32
2007/08 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 2 0 0 0 +2 0 - - - - - -
2008/09 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 3 3 3 6th +3 2 - - - - - -
2008/09 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 59 5 11 16 +1 23 - - - - - -
2009/10 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 5 4th 1 5 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
2009/10 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 67 13 14th 27 +13 37 7th 3 2 5 -1 4th
2010/11 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 67 24 26th 50 +7 34 13 4th 7th 11 +3 13
2010/11 Nashville Predators NHL 15th 0 3 3 ± 0 2 - - - - - -
2011/12 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 73 32 28 60 -5 30th 3 1 0 1 -4 0
2011/12 Nashville Predators NHL 4th 0 0 0 -1 0 - - - - - -
2012/13 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 55 18th 18th 36 -3 35 2 0 0 0 -1 2
2012/13 Nashville Predators NHL 18th 2 3 5 -4 6th - - - - - -
2013/14 Texas Stars AHL 60 25th 32 57 +9 29 19th 6th 5 11 ± 0 12
2013/14 Dallas Stars NHL 9 0 0 0 -2 0 4th 0 0 0 -2 2
2014/15 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 64 14th 26th 40 -2 26th 15th 5 4th 9 -3 6th
2014/15 New York Rangers NHL 7th 1 1 2 -1 0 - - - - - -
2015/16 San Diego Gulls AHL 63 20th 37 57 -10 50 9 4th 7th 11 +4 6th
2016/17 Tucson Roadrunners AHL 68 19th 48 67 -4 48 - - - - - -
2017/18 Toronto Marlies AHL 73 19th 33 52 -2 30th 20th 4th 12 16 +1 6th
2018/19 Toronto Marlies AHL 60 33 32 65 +8 32 13 5 5 10 +1 2
2019/20 Syracuse crunch AHL 31 11 12 23 -19 24 - - - - - -
2019/20 San Diego Gulls AHL 29 8th 7th 15th -8th 10 - - - - - -
NCAA overall 166 42 63 105 +21 141
ECHL total 8th 7th 4th 11 +3 2 - - - - - -
AHL total 771 241 324 565 -13 408 101 32 42 74 ± 0 51
NHL overall 53 3 7th 10 -8th 8th 4th 0 0 0 -2 2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Predators Sign Forward Chris Mueller; Activate Mueller to NHL Roster. nhl.com, December 27, 2010, accessed June 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Dallas Stars sign center Chris Mueller. nhl.com, July 8, 2013, accessed June 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Mueller, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH West Seneca , New York , United States