Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Stevens wuxuu ku dhashay Brockton, Massachusetts, laakiin wuxuu ku koray Pembroke, Massachusetts. Markii uu dhalinyaro ahaa, wuxuu ka ciyaaray tartankii Hockey-ga ee Caalamiga ah ee Pee-Wee Hockey ee 1978-kii oo uu la ciyaaray kooxda Hobomock ee hockey-ga barafka laga soo bilaabo Pembroke. Intii uu dhiganayay Dugsiga Sare ee Gobolka Silver Lake ee Kingston, Massachusetts, Kevin Stevens wuxuu ciyaaray labadaba hockey iyo baseball. Waxaa lagu casuumay inuu tijaabiyo labada Toronto Blue Jays iyo Philadelphia Phillies; si kastaba ha noqotee, isagoo aqbalay inuusan ku fiicnayn kubbadda baseball, wuxuu go'aansaday inuu ciyaaro hockey. Stevens wuxuu aqbalay deeq waxbarasho oo buuxa si uu ugu ciyaaro hockey-ka Boston College, waxaana lagu soo qaatay wareegga lixaad (108aad guud ahaan) ee
Sanadkii 1983-kii waxaa loo doortay Los Angeles Kings. Dhowr bilood ka dib, xuquuqdiisa waxaa loo beddelay Pittsburgh Penguins oo loogu beddelay Anders Håkansson, oo ah garab bidix oo ka yimid Sweden oo dhowaan loo beddelay Penguins oo ay weheliyaan Ron Meighan oo ka yimid Minnesota North Stars oo loogu beddelay Penguins wareegga koowaad ee xulashada 1983.