76 years old - and absolutely one of the greatest at his craft.
He was an absolute original - before you had all those guys on ESPN and SportsCenter coming up with catchy little phrases for highlights every night - you had Lange using them for Pens games.
Pens were a franchise that no one cared too much about in a football town - but Lange found a way to make their games entertaining enough for locals to tune in. When they finally got Mario and then started that dynasty of the early 90s - Pittsburgh was a hockey town.
Mike Lange passes at 76
He was an absolute original - before you had all those guys on ESPN and SportsCenter coming up with catchy little phrases for highlights every night - you had Lange using them for Pens games.
Pens were a franchise that no one cared too much about in a football town - but Lange found a way to make their games entertaining enough for locals to tune in. When they finally got Mario and then started that dynasty of the early 90s - Pittsburgh was a hockey town.
Mike Lange passes at 76
