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Brian Kennedy is an English professor at Pasadena City College who covers the National Hockey League and the Los Angeles Kings for Inside Hockey and other publications. He is the author of books about hockey culture and Canada, most recently "My Country Is Hockey: How Hockey Explains Canadian Culture, History, Politics, Heroes, French-English Rivalry and Who We Are As Canadians." His previous books include "Growing Up Hockey: The Life and Times of Everyone Who Ever Loved The Game," and "Living The Hockey Dream: Interviews and Personal Stories From NHL Superstars and Other Lovers of The Game." As far as we know, he is the only Ph.D. in the hockey press box at Staples Center.
