Colin Muller
| Colin Muller | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 1, 1963 Toronto, ON, CAN | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
NLA EV Zug HC Fribourg-Gottéron | ||
| National team |
 Switzerland | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1984–2001 | ||
Colin Muller (born December 1, 1963) is a Canadian-born Swiss professional ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
Muller spent most of his playing career at EV Zug. In 1986-87, his first year at EVZ, he contributed to the team earning promotion to the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA). Muller would win the Swiss championship with Zug in 1998[1] and moved to HC Fribourg-Gottéron in 1999 before calling it a career in 2000. He played a total of 544 NLA contests, scoring 203 goals.[2]
Coaching career
Muller formed a coaching duo with Hans Kossmann at HC Fribourg-Gottéron at the beginning of his career behind the bench.[3]
He then joined the coaching staff of SC Rapperswil-Jona for the 2000-01 campaign and accepted another head coaching position in 2002, again signing with HC Fribourg-Gottéron. He was relieved of his duties in January 2003.[4]
From 2003 to 2008, Muller served as assistant coach at EV Zug, before he signed with the ZSC Lions, also as an assistant. At both clubs, he worked under Sean Simpson. At ZSC, he was promoted to head coach in 2010, replacing Simpson, who took over the Swiss national team.[5] However, Muller's head coaching tenure with the Lions lasted only 16 games, in which the Lions collected 20 points. He was dismissed in October 2010.[6]
Muller was named head coach of NLB side EHC Olten prior to the 2011-12 campaign. After four straight defeats and following a 2-8 loss to rivals SC Langenthal, he was sacked in December 2011.[7] After serving as assistant coach of the Swiss national team during the 2011 World Championship, Muller was handed further responsibilities by the Swiss ice hockey federation: He coached the under-20 squad, while continuing as assistant of the men’s team, again working under Sean Simpson during the 2013 (silver medal) and 2014 World Championships as well as at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[8]
He also served as Simpson's assistant during the short stint at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League in the 2014-15 and was named assistant coach of the Kloten Flyers, when Simpson became head coach of the club in December 2014.[9] After the club had announced budget cuts and was taken over by a new owner, Muller's contract was terminated by mutual consent in May 2016.[10]
References
- ^ "History | EVZ". www.evz.ch. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Actualité - Colin Muller nouveau coach des ZSC Lions | Planète Hockey". Planète Hockey. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Colin Muller: «Ich bin schwer enttäuscht»". Freiburger Nachrichten - News aus Freiburg. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Popischin und Bykow neue Fribourg-Gottéron-Trainer: Colin Muller per sofort entlassen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Die ZSC Lions befördern Colin Muller vom Assistenten zum Cheftrainer: Mut und Wille zur Kontinuität". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "ZSC Lions entlassen Trainer Colin Muller". tagesanzeiger.ch/. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ Blick. "NLB: Olten entlässt Colin Muller - Blick". www.blick.ch. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ http://www.sochi2014.com/en/ice-hockey-teams-switzerland-gender-men
- ^ "Trainerwechsel bei den Kloten Flyers: Sean Simpson folgt auf Felix Hollenstein". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Medienmitteilung 020516 - EHC Kloten". EHC Kloten (in German). Retrieved May 3, 2016.