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.