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Why the NHL is playing games in Australia, and where is next

As an American visiting Australia for the first time, Arizona Coyotes forward Clayton Keller had a simple request.

"I want to see a kangaroo," he said.

Keller is in Melbourne with the Coyotes for their NHL Global Series preseason games against the Los Angeles Kings on Sept. 23 and Sept. 24 (12 a.m. ET, ESPN+) at Rod Laver Arena. He got his wish this week during a visit to a local zoo with his teammates: Coyotes, watching kangaroos, shouting in amazement as one bounded around its habitat.