{{short description|Austrian ice hockey player}} {{distinguish|Matthias Lange}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | alt = | position = Goaltender | ntl_team = AUT | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|4|13}} | birth_place = Klagenfurt, Austria | image = 2014 DEL Iserlohn Roosters Mathias Lange by 2eight DSC5150.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Mathias Lange in 2014 | catches = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 185 | career_start = 2001 | career_end = 2019 | draft = Undrafted | draft_year = | draft_team = | played_for = EC KAC<br>DEG Metro Stars<br>Iserlohn Roosters | module = {{Infobox college coach|embed=yes | name = | image = RPI assistant ice hockey coach Mathias Robert Lange.jpg | alt = | caption = RPI coach Lange in 2023 | current_title = Assistant coach | current_team = Rensselaer | current_conference = ECAC Hockey | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | coach_years1 = 2019–2021 | coach_team1 = Rensselaer (dir. of hockey ops) | coach_years2 = 2021–Present | coach_team2 = Rensselaer (assistant) | overall_record = | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }}}}
'''Mathias Robert Lange''' (born April 13, 1985) is an Austrian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He last played for the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
==Playing career== Lange joined the Roosters after previously playing with SC Bietigheim-Bissingen of the 2nd Bundesliga.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12380 | title = Mathias Lange Profile | publisher = eliteprospects.com | date = 2012-02-01 | accessdate = 2012-02-01}}</ref> On July 27, 2013, Lange signed a one-year contract to be the backup goaltender with the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.iserlohn-roosters.de/roostersnews/5319 | title = Mathias Lange will back-up Roosters | website = Iserlohn Roosters | date = 2013-07-27 | accessdate = 2013-07-27 | language = German | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131009220216/http://www.iserlohn-roosters.de/roostersnews/5319 | archive-date = 2013-10-09 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
Lange played with the Roosters for 6 seasons before leaving as a free agent following the 2018–19 season on March 9, 2019.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://iserlohn-roosters.de/2019/03/07/es-kommt-der-erwartete-umbau/ | title = End of season conversation begins | website = Iserlohn Roosters | date = 2019-03-09 | accessdate = 2019-03-09 | language = German}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://rpiathletics.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/staff/mathias-lange-09/23 | title = Mathias Lange staff profile | publisher = rpiathletics.com | date = 23 October 2019 | accessdate = 23 October 2019}}</ref> On August 10, 2021, Rensselaer announced the appointment of Mathias Lange as the Men's Assistant Hockey Coach.
==International play==
Lange competed in the 2013 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Austria men's national ice hockey team. He made his Olympic debut on February 14, 2014 in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, playing for the Austrian team.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://twitter.com/RPIAthletics/status/434400529855578112 | title = RPI Athletics tweet | date = 2014-02-14}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | College |- | All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team | 2005–06 | |- |}
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==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lange, Mathias}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Austrian ice hockey goaltenders Category:Düsseldorfer EG players Category:Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Category:Iserlohn Roosters players Category:EC KAC players Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Austria Category:Ice hockey people from Klagenfurt Category:RPI Engineers men's ice hockey players Category:SC Bietigheim-Bissingen players Category:Schwenninger Wild Wings players
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