Broadcaster Mike Lange, who called Pittsburgh Penguins games for 46 years, has died, the team announced. He was 76.

Legendary Penguins broadcaster Mike Lange has died. In a report from The Athletic's Josh Yohe, Lange died at his home in on Wednesday. The team released a statement on Wednesday night. "Mike Lange was a wordsmith,

Hall of Fame broadcaster Mike Lange, whose imaginative goal calls made his raspy voice immediately recognizable to Pittsburgh Penguin fans for decades, has died. He was 76. The team confirmed Lange's death Wednesday.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and their fans came together Saturday for the first time since the death of legendary announcer Mike Lange.

From “It's a hockey night in Pittsburgh” to “Elvis has left the building” to “he beat him like a rented mule," Lange's distinctive turns of phrase made his voice instantly recognizable.

If Bob Prince was Baseball in Pittsburgh, Mike Lange was hockey. Cope spoke the Burgh and Rosey Rowswell made a show of his Bucs play-by-play. Mike Lange – was the longtime iconoclastic hockey Voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Mike Lange, the iconic Pittsburgh Penguins sportscaster, passed away Wednesday night. The loss is a tragic one, but his voice will live on in the memories of generations worth of Pittsburghers. Sign up for our Newsletters Pittsburgh's Action News 4 spoke with fans who told us how much of an impact Lange had on them.

Legendary Pittsburgh Penguins play-by-play announcer Mike Lange died on Wednesday. He was 76 years old. Lange served as Penguins’ broadcaster in 1974 and again from 1976 to 2021 before announcing his retirement.

Lange first called Penguins games in 1974, left for another broadcasting job and returned to his play-by-play duties for the Pens in 1976. He was the team's lead broadcaster on its television and radio networks before retiring in 2021 after 46 seasons with the team.

Hall of Fame broadcaster Mike Lange, whose imaginative goal calls made his raspy voice immediately recognizable to Pittsburgh Penguin fans for decades, has died. He was 76.

Through his decades-long career, Lange became known for his goal calls, quirky catchphrases and colorful play-by-play announcing that, according to the team in a statement, "brought Penguins hockey to life.

"My product was hockey, and to get you interested in coming to a game. If we could do that, that was important to me," Mike Lange told Guy Junker in 2017.