DEB captain Moritz Müller won Olympic and World Cup silver with the national ice hockey team, but never a final. About tears after defeats, today’s young players and the educational effect of scuffles on the ice.
“He gives it out. But he takes even more”: Two short sentences are enough for national striker Marc Michaelis to describe his captain Moritz Müller. You can understand this literally: Müller has accumulated a lot of triumphs in 21 years as a professional ice hockey player, but also experienced defeats. Silver at the 2018 Olympics, silver at the 2023 World Cup, but also three lost DEL final series with the Kölner Haien. What Michaelis means: Nobody puts himself more selflessly at the service of his teams than Moritz Müller, who everyone just calls Mo because there were once three Müllers in the Haie at the same time and to make it easier to distinguish, he has the abbreviation “Mo” in front of his last name on his jersey. was standing. Müller also has to take some time in the interview before the start of the World Cup on Friday against Slovakia (4:20 p.m., Pro Sieben). Because in addition to the same initials, Michaelis and Müller share a sense of humor.