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Islanders star lauded for efforts with families of slain cops

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Matt Martin at an event for cancer awareness in October 2015.

Islanders forward Matt Martin inked a $5,000 check to the Widows’ and Children’s Fund, of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, on Wednesday and thanked cops for the daily dangers they face on the job.

“I’ve always grown up appreciating and respecting the military and police wherever I lived,” Martin said at a hockey clinic for the kids of NYPD officers at Floyd Bennett Field.

“They do a great job protecting us and the community and they don’t always get the proper respect they deserve.