Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Kennedy bụ onye Detroit Red Wings họọrọ na agba nke anọ (nke 80 n'ozuzu) nke
1988 National Hockey League (NHL) Ntughari Ntughari. Oge mbụ ya bụ Red Wings na NHL na obere egwuregwu ha bụ Adirondack Red Wings nke American Hockey League (AHL). Na NHL, Kennedy gbara goolu abụọ ma nyekwa goolu asaa na egwuregwu iri abụọ. Kennedy nọrọ oge anọ sochirinụ na-agbanye n'etiti AHL na NHL n'ime nzukọ Red Wings. Winnipeg Jets nwetara Kennedy site na Red Wings mgbe oge 1993-94 gasịrị. Mkpọchi NHL pụtara na Kennedy anaghị egwu maka Jets tupu ndị Calgary Flames eburu ya. Kennedy nọrọ oge abụọ na Calgary, mgbe ahụ Flames kpebiri ịghara imeghari nkwekọrịta ya na 1996, n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ekpughere mmetọ mmekọahụ ya. Ọ bịanyere aka dịka onye nweere onwe ya na Boston Bruins maka oge 1996-97 mana o tinyekwara oge na Providence Bruins, ngalaba AHL nke Boston. Oge 1996-97 bụ oge ikpeazụ Kennedy na NHL mana ọ mechara pụta ọzọ na oge 1998-99 na Manitoba Moose nke International Hockey League ugbu a. Kennedy sokwa egwu na EV Landshut nke Deutsche Eishockey Liga na Germany n'oge oge 1998-1999.