Mike Lange's legacy with the Penguins goes beyond his phrases
When Mario Lemieux joined the Penguins as the franchise’s savior in 1984, there wasn’t an abundance of ways to watch the team’s games outside of the Pittsburgh area. After all, this was decades before the Internet made virtually every sporting contest on Earth viewable through streaming services.
Mike Lange was a big fan of Miller Lite. He liked the blues even more. But he flat-out loved hockey, and when he was able to ...
As puck drop between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals approached Saturday, signs of a memorable afternoon at ...
Lange knew this, too, when he came east in 1974 to replace a man named Joe Starkey (no relation) as voice of the Penguins: Like Frank Sinatra, he was going to do it his way.
Mike Lange, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, died Wednesday at age 76. Known for his colorful phrases such as “He beat him like a rented mule,” Lange retired in 2021 ...
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