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    Stan Fischler·May 29, 2023·Partner

    Islanders Broadcast Bundle: Jiggs, Rose & Burke Interviews

    Islanders Broadcast Bundle: Jiggs, Rose & Burke InterviewsIslanders Broadcast Bundle: Jiggs, Rose & Burke Interviews

    This past week, Stan Fischler chatted with the past and present New York Islanders broadcasters. From Jiggs McDonald to Howie Rosie to Brendan Burke, here are our interviews with the three about their starts, careers & more!

    Former Islanders Play By Play Broadcaster Jiggs McDonald Took the Art to Its Highest Level

    Jiggs McDonald is the hockey play-by-play man's play-by-play man.

    Please, don't quarrel with me; I know!

    Having worked alongside "John Kenneth" -- his real name -- for fifteen years, I can assure you that if Jiggs didn't invent the art of NHL play-by-play it sure sounded as if he did.

    Islanders fans who remember as far back as 1980, when McDonald invaded Uniondale, know what The Maven means

    Now a Baseball Only Voice, Howie Rose Reflects Back to His Islanders Days

    I mean, how do you replace a legend?

    Longtime colleague Jiggs McDonald preceded Rose. You just don't follow an act like that, but -- darn it -- Howie did. 

    Not only that, but he would win two Emmy awards!

    He started in time for the 1995-1996 season and said au revoir after the 2015-2016 campaign. The mere fact that he was so closely identified with the Rangers -- Matteau, Matteau -- made his Isles hiring virtually un-real.

    Islanders Broadcaster Brendan Burke Has Become an All-Points Favorite

    For starters, nobody at MSG Networks knew about Brendan Burke when Howie Rose announced that he was leaving his Islanders gig. 

    Burke was working games for the American Hockey League's Utica Comets, then coached by former Islanders center Travis Green.

    Once Rose left, and the Isles broadcast vacancy opened up, everybody and his Uncle Dudley applied for the job. And that included some of the top warblers in the hockey realm.

    At first, Burke was not one of them; that is, until Travis Green gave his guy a push.

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