CALGARY, Alberta — Brendan Burke is nearing the end of his second season as the Islanders’ TV play-by-play man, and so far so good when it comes to the team’s demanding fans.
The still-only-33-year-old announcer was an unknown when he was hired to succeed Howie Rose in 2016, but fans seemed to take to him quickly, just as he has taken to the job himself.
How has it matched his expectations coming in?
“I don’t even know what my expectations were,” he said. “I think it was just the proverbial dream job and it was: Now you have it, and now you get to figure out what it’s like.