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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 2917666" data-attributes="member: 2012">Other News!Lange let go as Pens' play-by play manTSN.ca Staff6/29/2006 4:52:54 PMMike Lange, longtime voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, has been let go after 30 years of working as the team's play-by-play announcer. He will be replaced by radio play-by-play man Paul Steigerwald. Lange was worked for the Penguins hockey radio and television network since 1975. In 2001, he received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for his outstanding work as a broadcaster. Lange is best known for his colorful expressions during Penguins games that are picked up by sports news and highlight shows across the continent, which include: - &quot;I'll be cow-kicked!&quot;- &quot;Oh no, Eddie Spaghetti!&quot; - &quot;Heeeeeeeeeeeee shoots and scores!&quot; - &quot;Scratch my back with a hacksaw!&quot; - &quot;Well shave my face with a rusty razor!&quot; - &quot;Great balls of fire!&quot; - &quot;He was hit so hard his kids will be born dizzy&quot; - &quot;He left the defensemen on the parkway going to the airport!&quot; - &quot;You would have to be here to believe it!&quot; - &quot;Look out Loretta!&quot; - &quot;Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one too!&quot; - &quot;He doesn't know whether to cry or wind his watch&quot; - &quot;Michael, Michael, Motorcycle&quot; - &quot;Get in the fast lane Grandma, the bingo game's ready to roll!&quot; - &quot;She wants to sell my monkey!&quot; - &quot;Call Arnold Slick from Turtle Creek!&quot; - &quot;He beat him like a rented mule!&quot; - &quot;Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just left the building!&quot; - &quot;Book 'em Dano!&quot; - &quot;He Picked His Pocket Like He was Walking down 5th Avenue&quot; - &quot;Smilin' like a butcher's dog&quot; - &quot;He takes the heat out of a hot kitchen&quot; - &quot;How much fried chicken can you eat?&quot; - &quot;Oh slap me silly Sidney!&quot; - &quot;Get that dog off my lawn!&quot; - &quot;And the kitchen is closed!&quot; - &quot;He smoked him like a bad cigar!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 2917666, member: 2012"] [b]Other News![/b] [COLOR=DarkOrange][SIZE=3][B]Lange let go as Pens' play-by play man[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [B]TSN.ca Staff[/B] [I]6/29/2006 4:52:54 PM[/I] [B]Mike Lange, longtime voice of the Pittsburgh Penguins, has been let go after 30 years of working as the team's play-by-play announcer.[/B] He will be replaced by radio play-by-play man Paul Steigerwald. Lange was worked for the Penguins hockey radio and television network since 1975. In 2001, he received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for his outstanding work as a broadcaster. Lange is best known for his colorful expressions during Penguins games that are picked up by sports news and highlight shows across the continent, which include: - "I'll be cow-kicked!" - "Oh no, Eddie Spaghetti!" - "Heeeeeeeeeeeee shoots and scores!" - "Scratch my back with a hacksaw!" - "Well shave my face with a rusty razor!" - "Great balls of fire!" - "He was hit so hard his kids will be born dizzy" - "He left the defensemen on the parkway going to the airport!" - "You would have to be here to believe it!" - "Look out Loretta!" - "Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one too!" - "He doesn't know whether to cry or wind his watch" - "Michael, Michael, Motorcycle" - "Get in the fast lane Grandma, the bingo game's ready to roll!" - "She wants to sell my monkey!" - "Call Arnold Slick from Turtle Creek!" - "He beat him like a rented mule!" - "Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just left the building!" - "Book 'em Dano!" - "He Picked His Pocket Like He was Walking down 5th Avenue" - "Smilin' like a butcher's dog" - "He takes the heat out of a hot kitchen" - "How much fried chicken can you eat?" - "Oh slap me silly Sidney!" - "Get that dog off my lawn!" - "And the kitchen is closed!" - "He smoked him like a bad cigar!" [/QUOTE]

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