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@NYIslanders TV voice for @MSGNetworks . The guy on @NHL_on_TNT that's not Kenny Albert. IG: brendanmburke

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Brendan Burke
3 years
That full second of silence before the goal. That's what makes it. #Isles
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Spittin' Chiclets
3 years
POV: You’re at an electric factory
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4 years
By far the best thing to come out of 2020. Welcome to the world Colin Declan Burke.
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4 years
FML.
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4 years
Fans should be disappointed. But how happy are you to be disappointed that the #Isles lost in overtime of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals to a team favored to win the Stanley Cup? A lot has changed over the last couple of seasons. The future is bright.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
What a fun way to finish my season. Happy to watch the #Isles go further than me for a second straight year.
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Isles on MSGSN
4 years
a hockey & broadcasting masterclass: @brendanmburke | @nyislanders
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Brendan Burke
2 years
I love hockey and I love my job…but all I’ve wanted to do for the last 3 days is go home and hug my kids. I’m on the first flight out in the morning.
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Brendan Burke
3 years
Now that was a lot of fun. You guys were awesome tonight. Thanks for making my last #Isles game of the season a special one.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
There have been some serious ramifications from the NHL season being paused.
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Mary Burke
4 years
👀
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Brendan Burke
4 years
Can I come back to work now?
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Mary Burke
4 years
GAME ONE TO THE ISLAND 🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙 @brendanmburke
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4 years
Game 7 to...
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Brendan Burke
3 years
Back to work. See you in Tampa.
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3 years
I told you it had more stories.
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Brendan Burke
3 years
Also I promise not to call Game 7.
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Brendan Burke
2 years
I’ve waited 30 years for a chance to call a @Yankees game. What’s a little longer? #RepBX
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3 years
A rare night off. First trip to UBS with the crew.
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5 years
What a year. All I can say is thank you for watching. Thank you for caring. Thank you for making it so much fun. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
2 years
Tired: #Isles are boring. Wired: Islanders opponents are boring.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
No. 1 rule of radio (and it applies here too) is that you can hear someone smile. It makes a difference. Also, I love what I do. That makes a difference too.
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Isles on MSGSN
4 years
a goodnight from @brendanmburke & the @nyislanders 😏
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Brendan Burke
1 year
Please send all care packages to: Petr Mrazek c/o Chicago Blackhawks
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Brendan Burke
3 years
More stories to tell…
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Brendan Burke
3 years
Also this is completely unnecessary. Funny. But unnecessary.
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Brendan Burke
5 years
Got off the plane in DC and got a “Go #Isles " from the pilot.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
How can you not love the passion of #Isles fans? This isn’t “bring your ticket stub” or “buy-one-get-one” or even “wear #Isles gear.” This is “I’m so damn excited about this team that I’m giving away bagels!”
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Blue Line Deli & Bagels
4 years
Free Bagels tomorrow!!!!! 3 free per customer, i will have 50 dozen blue and orange! If that runs out ill give any other choice. No purchase necessary, LETS CELEBRATE!!!! I am freaking out and i love these @NYIslanders ! WE WANT THE CUP! #BlueLineDeli #stanleycup
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5 years
BREAKING NEWS: No more car in Brooklyn.
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Brendan Burke
6 years
My daughter was adamant that Santa eat “real food” before he was allowed to eat his cookies.
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Brendan Burke
10 months
We decided to use our magical broadcast jinx powers for good last night. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
4 years
Everything but the finish. A memorable run that returned a lot of respect to the #Isles around the NHL.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
Listen, it will never not be weird to watch an #Isles game from my couch. But let’s hope this continues to be an annual occurrence.
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Brendan Burke
5 years
14 years calling pro hockey in three different leagues and I’ve never seen one before.
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NBC Sports Hockey
5 years
PEKKA RINNE SCORES! 🚨 @PredsNHL | #NSHvsCHI
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Brendan Burke
5 years
Hockey and baseball overlapping in St. Louis...so I had to come over and say hi to Howie. Always great to see him. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
2 years
From the left field stands to the booth. Keep dreaming. #RepBX
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Brendan Burke
3 years
This place is amazing. And I just got here. @UBSArena #Isles
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Brendan Burke
4 years
It’s a series now.
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Brendan Burke
3 years
I thought I had the best seat in the house upstairs…but this is pretty nice too…and louder. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
3 years
I had more I wanted to say last night before puck drop. I just didn’t have the time. So I had to skip some parts. Here’s what I wrote in full. (Brendan’s Version) #Isles
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Brendan Burke
5 years
I mean I thought I did a pretty good job. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #Isles
@NBCSportsHockey
NBC Sports Hockey
5 years
there are zero words to describe what @barzal_97 did on this shootout goal so just watch and enjoy and share with your friends (🎥 @nbcsphilly )
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3 years
The First Lady of swimming and the First Niece of the #Isles . @katieledecky 🐐🏅
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Brendan Burke
4 years
#Isles vs. #NYR . Jan. 14 @ Madison Square Garden.
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Brendan Burke
5 years
Celebrating 1 year sober with a Jennings Trophy. Robin Lehner is one of the best stories in the NHL this year.
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Brendan Burke
6 years
I’ll be honest, I’ve always felt like I was missing something. That I wasn’t really sitting in Jiggs/Howie’s chair. How could I be the #Isles broadcaster without having called a game at The Coliseum? Not anymore. Tonight was special. It won’t soon be forgotten.
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Brendan Burke
5 months
You can’t say we didn’t have any fun. Another season in the books with the best crew in hockey. #Isles @91Butch | @Thomas_Hickey14 | @Shannon_Hogan | @IslesMSGN
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Brendan Burke
4 years
Barry Trotz is a great coach. A hall-of-famer. But every NHL coach has a system that works when executed. Just something to remember when you're explaining how the #Isles are doing this with a roster full of players you have never heard of.
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Brendan Burke
5 years
My favorite time of year is updating player info on my boards and seeing who "grew". Carl Hagelin went from 5'11" to 6'0" at age 31. I need access to this science.
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Brendan Burke
6 years
Not from Pittsburgh. Not Jewish. Just human.
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Brendan Burke
2 years
I don't really have a problem making it sound exciting. 🤷‍♂️
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Brendan Burke
2 years
The games-in-hand are gone. 22 days to sort this out.
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Brendan Burke
3 years
I do appreciate you guys blowing up my Twitter every Game 1. I don’t appreciate @mrsburkie relentlessly texting me while I’m calling a lacrosse game. But I understand her excitement.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
The last time Doc called an #Isles game was Nov. 30, 2016. I was 20 games into my NYI career...and he let me sit next to him and watch him work. 🐐
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Brendan Burke
3 years
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@NBCSportsHockey
NBC Sports Hockey
3 years
GAME ONE. TO THE ISLAND! #Isles | @NYIslanders
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Brendan Burke
1 year
You don’t always know which games are the special ones before they start. Last night I think we all knew. #Isles
@IslesMSGN
Isles on MSGSN
1 year
You just knew @brendanmburke  was going to start this game with an absolute classic to sum up this wild season. #Isles fight for a chance to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs NOW!
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Brendan Burke
5 years
2019 playoff record with me in attendance: #Isles : 3-0 Hurricanes: 1-2 This is a complete coincidence but if it makes you feel better...
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Brendan Burke
5 years
Wins and losses are wins and losses. But moments like this for a young man, how can you not smile? Congrats @BellowsKieffer . #Isles
@IslesMSGN
Isles on MSGSN
5 years
Bellows: 2 great goals Burke: 2 great calls @brendanmburke | @NYIslanders
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Brendan Burke
6 years
I am officially a Long Islander.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
My sister-in-law won Christmas with this new metal sign for my office. Merry Christmas everyone.
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Brendan Burke
6 months
Yes. I will call ALL #Isles first-round playoff games on MSGSN. My TNT schedule will work around it.
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Suffering JIM
6 months
@brendanmburke Will you be calling them all?
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Brendan Burke
6 months
Happy anniversary to all who celebrate.
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Bored Jason
6 months
Can you believe it’s been 5 years since @brendanmburke said this iconic line? #isles 🥲 time really flies
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Brendan Burke
4 years
For everyone who doesn’t understand why #Isles fans feel like they get no respect, this is an article about Taylor Hall from @Sportsnet . Tell me why this is the first line about the Islanders as they sit tied for 2nd overall in the league standings.
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Brendan Burke
3 years
Carolina/Tampa series is over. Just got back home and have the day off. Anything going on tonight?
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Brendan Burke
5 years
Have you ever watched an #Isles OT winner and wondered what I looked like during it? I didn’t think so…but here it is anyway.
@IslesMSGN
Isles on MSGSN
5 years
Hearing @brendanmburke & @91Butch call that OT-winner = 👍 Watching their reaction while calling it = 🙌 👏 🔥 😃 🙌 👏 #YesYesYes | #Isles | @NYIslanders
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Brendan Burke
6 years
So…does this mean I’m officially an Islander now?
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Brendan Burke
6 months
John Sterling is one of the reasons I became a broadcaster. He will always be what baseball sounds like to me. Congratulations on a legendary career.
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New York Islanders
6 months
An #Isles goal and a nod to @Yankees play-by-play voice John Sterling from @BrendanMBurke .
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Brendan Burke
1 year
Never a doubt. In position for 1pm face off on MSGSN. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
6 years
Barry Trotz is a good human being. What does he do with his break? He goes back to Manitoba to see his parents and stops by the rink to give these kids an incredible memory.
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Dauphin Kings
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Our players did not know this was coming. It will be something they never forget. Thank you Barry. #MJHL #RiseAgain 👑🇺🇦
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Brendan Burke
4 years
I've been asked a lot about the difference between calling a game in the arena and calling game off a monitor. Here you go...at this point, I still had no idea Mat Barzal was even on the ice.
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Brendan Burke
5 years
Potential #Isles healthy lineup: Lee-Barzal-Eberle Beauvillier-Nelson-Brassard Bellows-Pageau-Bailey Martin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck
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Brendan Burke
2 years
Again? Seriously?
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Brendan Burke
4 years
This is intense. I don’t know how you guys do this all the time. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
6 years
Events I have attended at Nassau Coliseum: January 29, 1994: USA vs. Canada Olympic hockey exhibition. Dec. 30, 1999: Barenaked Ladies concert. Events I have never attended at Nassau Coliseum: Regular season #Isles game That changes tonight.
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Brendan Burke
5 years
Those damn NBCSN announcers! 😏 #Isles
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4 years
1st grade math class is trolling me this morning. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
6 years
It’s official. I am taking my talents (family) to the North Shore. The Burkes are headed to Huntington in August. You all made convincing cases for (and in some cases against) your neighborhoods and we appreciated the input. We are looking forward to living ON Long Island.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
Johnny Boychuk is a warrior that deserved to go out on his own terms. It’s a shame that’s not his ending. But @joboych had a remarkable career, won a Stanley Cup and has a beautiful family. All the best in what’s next. #Isles
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Arthur Staple
4 years
Boychuk says the end of his playing career "wasn't a decision. It was a life choice." #Isles
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Brendan Burke
3 years
Where else would I get vaccinated? 2nd shot ✅ from the Coliseum.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
2019 Coach of the Year. 2020 GM of the Year. 2021 UBS Arena. Scott Malkin, John Ledecky and the #Isles ownership group deserve an award as well. #StanleyCup
@PR_NHL
NHL Public Relations
4 years
Lou Lamoriello of the @NYIslanders is the 2019-20 recipient of the Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award. Voting was conducted among NHL Club GMs and a panel of NHL executives, print & broadcast media at the end of the Second Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. #NHLAwards
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1 year
The end of Round 2 means the end of my hockey season. A lot of games and a whole lot of fun. Thanks for watching. See you on Sundays from the ballpark.
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Brendan Burke
5 years
Looks like July 8 is a good day for more than just me. #Isles Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
When I said I was going to spend the whole day watching hockey, this is not what I had in mind.
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Brendan Burke
6 years
If you think having smart and eloquent people speaking about the sport that they played at the highest level is “shoving female reporters down your throat” it says way more about you than them. Most have no problem listening to me and I only played club hockey in college. Think.
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Brendan Burke
2 years
Bo Horvat is (was?) the Canucks all-star. He brings 31 goals (8th in NHL) and 11 power-play goals to a team in desperate need of both. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
5 years
91 going in the rafters. @91Butch
@NYIslanders
New York Islanders
5 years
#Isles News: The team will officially retire John Tonelli’s #27 on Friday, Feb. 21 and Butch Goring’s #91 on Saturday, Feb. 29. Details:
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Brendan Burke
3 months
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. 40 is off to an epic start.
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Brendan Burke
3 years
I’m only on the road for one day this week…and it happens to be my wife’s birthday. So please wish @mrsburkie a very happy birthday. She’s earned it.
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Brendan Burke
3 years
I made my first Olympic team and it didn't involve any early-morning workouts. Excited for the Olympic experience and doing something new with rowing and canoe sprint.
@NBCSportsPR
NBC Sports PR
3 years
. @NBCOlympics welcomes new play-by-play voices for Tokyo Olympics.
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Brendan Burke
4 years
Islanders get it done in 4. Now I’ve got 3.5 hours to get from “Toronto” to “Edmonton.” See you at 6:30pm for Blackhawks/Oilers.
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Brendan Burke
2 years
I would like to formally apologize for under-selling that save. But Sorokin needs to take some of the blame because he’s trained me to half-expect these. #Isles
@IslesMSGN
Isles on MSGSN
2 years
just another mind blowing paddle save from Ilya Sorokin 🤯👀 #Isles
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Brendan Burke
4 years
I woke up with somewhere to go today. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
3 years
The Butch is back. @91Butch #Isles
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Brendan Burke
4 years
Anyone else still thinking about this one? #Isles
@NYIslanders
New York Islanders
4 years
uhhhhh WHAT 🤯 🤯
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Brendan Burke
4 years
Live look at virtual 1st Grade.
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Brendan Burke
3 years
No word yet on @91Butch returning to the bench.
@NYIslanders
New York Islanders
3 years
#Isles Transaction: The team has agreed to terms with defenseman Zdeno Chara on a one-year contract.
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Brendan Burke
2 years
What an honor to work alongside @HowieRose tonight. #Mets #Isles
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Brendan Burke
4 years
I don’t enjoy the Q-tip up the nose but if that’s what it takes to get me in the Coliseum today, I’m all in. Waiting in the parking lot. If I’m negative I’ll see you at 5pm on MSG+. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
3 years
Incredibly proud and excited to be a part of this group and the Turner family. Let's drop the puck!
@TNTSportsUS
TNT Sports U.S. PR
3 years
NEWS: Turner Sports bolsters NHL game and studio commentator team. Full release:
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Brendan Burke
3 years
Wow. Lehner not messing around. #Isles
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Brendan Burke
2 years
Well after 2+ years and a ton of travel, it finally got me. Hopefully it’s only a few games and I’ll be back with you as soon as I can. In the meantime, enjoy having @91Butch back. #Isles
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3 years
I just got off the treadmill IN MY BASEMENT and checked my pocket to make sure I had my hotel room key. I think it’s safe to say everyone is happy the road trip is over.
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Brendan Burke
3 years
1. The doorbell sound effect covers up one very loud, short word. 2. I agreed to let @mrsburkie post this in exchange for not going out to get her another one. Which is a good deal because she would have posted it anyway.
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Mary Burke
3 years
The Ring footage of @brendanmburke spilling my Venti Chai is better than any Starbucks order. Enjoy 👌🏻 ☕️
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Brendan Burke
4 years
So I guess that camera was on? I like the dramatic lighting in our studio.
@IslesMSGN
Isles on MSGSN
4 years
🚨 behind-the-scenes with @brendanmburke 🚨 @nyislanders | #gameon
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