Career
Drafted 15th overall by the Penguins in the 1969 National Hockey League Amateur Draft, Kessell played 135 regular season games, scoring 4 goals and 24 assists for 28 career points. One of his only 4 goals would come on March 21, 1970 during his first National Hockey League game. Despite his brief National Hockey League career Kessell excelled in juniors, the minors and senior hockey.