Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stevens akaberekerwa muBrockton, Massachusetts, asi akakurira muPembroke, Massachusetts. Somunhu muduku, akatamba muna 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament pamwe Hobomock muduku chando Hockey chikwata kubva Pembroke. Paaienda kuSilver Lake Regional High School muKingston, Massachusetts, Kevin Stevens akatamba zvose hockey uye baseball. Akakokwa kuti aedze zvose zveToronto Blue Jays nePhiladelphia Phillies; zvisinei, achibvuma kuti akanga asiri mutambi mukuru mu baseball, akasarudza kutamba hockey panzvimbo. Stevens akagamuchira chikoro chakazara kuti atambe hockey kuBoston College, uye akanyorwa mumutambo wechitanhatu (108th yose) mu 1983 NHL draft
neLos Angeles Kings. Mwedzi yakati wandei gare gare, kodzero dzake dzakatengeswa kuPittsburgh Penguins yaAnders Håkansson, winger wekuruboshwe anobva kuSweden uyo akanga achangobva kutengeswa kuPenguins pamwe naRon Meighan kubva kuMinnesota North Stars yePenguins 'kutora kwekutanga kutenderera muna 1983 draft (Brian Lawton).