Mickey Lang

{{short description|American ice hockey player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| name = Mickey Lang

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| played_for = Rockford IceHogs
Iowa Wild

| position = Center

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 174

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|08|13}}

| birth_place = Reno, Nevada, U.S.

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2011

| career_end = 2015

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Mickey Lang (born August 13, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He has also been a junior ice hockey head coach since retiring as a player.

Undrafted out of Manhattanville College, on January 27, 2013, Lang was released from his tryout contract with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League, and returned to the Quad City Mallards to finish the 2012–13 CHL season{{cite web| url = http://qctimes.com/sports/hockey/professional/minor/lang-to-return-to-mallards/article_4434c2f4-690a-11e2-9b4c-001a4bcf887a.html | title = Lang to return to Mallards | publisher = Quad City Times | date = 2013-01-27 | accessdate = 2013-01-28}} where he was rewarded for his outstanding play by being named to the 2012–13 All-CHL Team.

On July 9, 2013, Lang was signed to a one-year deal as a free agent with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL.{{Cite web | url = http://www.echl.com/komets-re-sign-pair-add-three-newcomers-p184899 | title = Komets re-sign pair; add three newcomers | publisher = ECHL | date = 2013-07-09 | accessdate = 2013-08-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204647/http://www.echl.com/komets-re-sign-pair-add-three-newcomers-p184899 | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | url-status = dead }} On December 28, 2013, Lang was traded by the Komets to the Orlando Solar Bears in exchange for David Rutherford. Lang blossomed with the Solar Bears in the 2013–14 season, finishing with 51 points in just 37 games, to earn a selection to the ECHL First All-Star Team and ECHL MVP honors.

On July 21, 2014, Lang was rewarded for his productive season, earning a one-year AHL contract with the Toronto Marlies.{{cite web| url = https://twitter.com/TorontoMarlies/status/491235875246718976 | title = Marlies sign ECHL MVP | publisher = Twitter | author = Toronto Marlies | date = 2014-07-21 | accessdate = 2014-07-22| author-link = Toronto Marlies }} However, he was sent back to their ECHL affiliate in Orlando and never played a game for the Marlies.

In June 2016, he accepted the head coaching position with the Tahoe Icemen, a team in the Tier II junior United Hockey Union-sanctioned Western States Hockey League.{{cite web |url=http://tahoeicemen.pointstreaksites.com/view/tahoeicemen/news-1269/news_449491 |title=Icemen name Mickey Lang as Head Coach and GM |publisher=Tahoe Icemen |date=June 9, 2016 |access-date=July 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809005413/http://tahoeicemen.pointstreaksites.com/view/tahoeicemen/news-1269/news_449491 |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

In March 2019, the New York Apple Core in the junior level Eastern Hockey League announced Mickey Lang as the head coach for the 2019–20 season,{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/784966318568271/photos/a.802277506837152/802277483503821/?type=3&theater |title=New York Apple Core June 21, 2019, Facebook post |website=New York Apple Core Facebook |date=June 21, 2019}} but was replaced at some point during the season by former Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays head coach, Mike LaZazzera.