He played in 32 games with the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League in 1971 before being promoted to the Maple Leafs midway through the 1972 season.
A notably clean player—he recorded 120 penalty minutes in a 14-season career—he won the Lady Byng Trophy in 1981, during which he scored a career best 55 goals.
He retired after the 1985 season as the Penguins' career scoring leader, and is fifth today behind Mario Lemieux, Jaromír Jágr, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
In 39 playoff games, he scored 4 goals and 17 assists for 21 points with 4 penalty minutes.
Kehoe became Director of Pro Scouting for the Penguins in 1985 and was named an assistant coach in 1986.