Mathias Robert Lange (born April 13, 1985) is an

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former professional

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goaltender. He last played for the

Iserlohn Roosters The Iserlohn Roosters are a professional ice hockey team based in Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia. They are members of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) since 2000 and play their home games at the Eissporthalle Iserlohn which is also known as '' ...

of the

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(DEL).

Playing career

Lange joined the Roosters after previously playing with

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of the 2nd Bundesliga. On July 27, 2013, Lange signed a one-year contract to be the backup goaltender with the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL. Lange played with the Roosters for 6 seasons before leaving as a free agent following the 2018–19 season on March 9, 2019. Lange ended his professional playing career following his tenure with the Roosters, returning to North America in accepting a position with his former collegiate team R.P.I. as an operations co-ordinator. On August 10, 2021, RPI announced the appointment of Mathias Lange as the Men's Assistant Hockey Coach.

International play

Lange competed in the

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as a member of the

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. He made his Olympic debut on February 14, 2014 in the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

in Sochi, Russia, playing for the Austrian team.

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* 1985 births Living people Austrian ice hockey goaltenders DEG Metro Stars players Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Iserlohn Roosters players EC KAC players Olympic ice hockey players for Austria Ice hockey people from Klagenfurt RPI Engineers men's ice hockey players SC Bietigheim-Bissingen players Schwenninger Wild Wings players {{Austria-icehockey-bio-stub