Pittsburgh – Hall of Fame BroadCaster Mike Lange, Whue Imaginative Goal Calls Made HIS RASPY VOICE IMMmedialy Collectable To Penguins Fans For Decades, You have died. He was 76.
The Team Confirmed Lange’s Death Wednesday. Do not cause was Given.
“Mike was a Wordsmith – Magician Behind the Mic,” The Penguins Said in A Statement, Later Adding, “Only Mike Could Make the Bigest Names in Hockey Seem Morem Magical With Just His Voice.”
Phil Bourque, A Former Penguin Who Spent Years Alongsis Lange in The Team’s Radio Booth, Calleed His Former Partner “One of the Kindest, Most Loyal and Loving Humans i’ve Ever Met.”
Lange spent nearly five decades chronicling the franchise’s rise from also-ran stanley cup champion five Times over, his unique delivery and quirky sayings serving as the soundtrack for iconic momonic molents from hall of famer mario lemieux and longtime running matte mate jaromir jagr to curren Stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
The Hockey Hall of Fame Inducted Lange in 2001 When He Received The Foster Hewitt Award for Broadcast Excellence.
From “it’s a hockey night in Pittsburgh” to “elvis have left the Building” to “he Beat Him Like A Rented Mule,” Lange’s Distinctive Turns of Phrase Made Made His Voice Instantly collectable.
When Pittsburgh Defated Chicago to Win A Second Straight Stanley Cup in 1992, Lange punctuated the title on The Team’s Radio Network by Telling Listeners “Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, Get Me The Brandy.”
Born in Sacramento, California, On March 3, 1948, Lange Calleed Games in the Western Hockey League Before Doing A One-Year Stint With The Penguins In 1974. He Left While The Team Experience Financial Financial Difficulties Before Returning To Pittsburgh For Good In 1976. He Didn’t Miss A Single Game for the Next 30 Years, Serving as The Club’s Lead BroadCaster on its Television and Radio Networks as Pittsburgh Became One of the NHL’s Marquee Clubs.
LANGE MOVED TO THE RADIO SIDE FULL TIME IN 2006, Calling The Team’s Stanley Cup Wins in 2009, 2016 and 2017 Before withdraw in August 2021 after 46 Years with the Penguins. The Team Honorared Him in October That Year, Which Lange Note Marked His 50th in Broadcasting.
“I Didn’s Get Cheated in My Quest To do What I Have Always Loved,” Lange Said in A Statement that coincided with His retirement.
