Like the Islanders, MSG Networks' Brendan Burke has advanced to the second round of the playoffs. But he will not do so with the Islanders.
Burke, a rising star in NBC’s hockey stable, was to call Game 1 of the Stars-Blues series – along with his sometime MSG partner A.J. Mleczko – on Thursday night and also is set for Game 1 of Avalanche-Sharks on Friday.
But that does not mean the Hurricanes-Islanders series will be without an announcer with particular expertise on one of the teams. It’s just that that announcer will be Carolina’s longtime play-by-play man, John Forslund.