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Islanders honor Jiggs McDonald for 50 great years on air

Jiggs McDonald’s parents figured his dalliance with broadcasting would be a short-term thing, that at some point he would come to his senses and become a school teacher.

“Fooled them, didn’t I?” he said with a laugh at Barclays Center before Wednesday night’s Panthers-Islanders game.

You might say that.

McDonald was preparing to mark an even half-century of calling NHL games on TV or radio by working the game for MSG Plus after being honored beforehand and dropping the ceremonial first puck.

“Just a matter of being able to say I had done a game in 50 seasons was enough,” he said.