Kevin Stevens

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United StatesUnited States  Kevin Stevens Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 15, 1965
place of birth Brockton , Massachusetts , USA
Nickname Artie
size 191 cm
Weight 104 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 6th round, 108th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1983-1987 Boston College
1987-1988 Team USA
1988-1995 Pittsburgh Penguins
1995-1996 Boston Bruins
1996-1997 Los Angeles Kings
1997-2000 New York Rangers
2000-2001 Philadelphia Flyers
2001-2002 Pittsburgh Penguins

Kevin Michael Stevens (born April 15, 1965 in Brockton , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player and current scout , who played 977 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Boston Bruins , Los Angeles during his playing career between 1983 and 2002 Kings , New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . With the Penguins, the Power Forward won the Stanley Cup in 1991 and 1992 .

Career

During his time in high school, Stevens played both ice hockey and baseball for the Silver Lake Lakers . While he attracted attention in ice hockey with 51 points in 18 games, he was invited to practice training at the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies as an excellent baseball catcher . However, since he had deficits in hitting, he decided to play ice hockey. In the 1983 NHL Entry Draft he was selected by the Los Angeles Kings from the National Hockey League in the sixth round as 108th. He switched to Boston College . During his college days, the rights to him were given to the Pittsburgh Penguins . After four years in college, he moved to the US national team . Here he had a successful time under coach Herb Brooks and took part in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary .

At the end of the 1987/88 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins brought the now 22-year-old into their team. Stevens scored his first goal in the first game. The following season, the striker began with the Muskegon Lumberjacks in the International Hockey League . He fought his way back to the NHL team at the end of the season and from the 1989/90 season he was finally in the NHL. Stevens convinced and became the left winger in a storm series with Mario Lemieux and Jaromír Jágr . This series led the Penguins to two Stanley Cup wins in the early 1990s .

For the 1995/96 season Stevens was given to the Boston Bruins , but he could not meet expectations and before the end of the season he moved to the team that had originally drafted him. But the year and a half at the Los Angeles Kings were not a success either, and so the American found a new employer in the New York Rangers . There he did a decent job again, even if he was never able to match the level from his time in Pittsburgh. In his third season in 1999/2000 with the Rangers things did not go as planned and after an away game in St. Louis he was caught using cocaine with a prostitute . After rehab, he returned to the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers the following season . After a good 20 games, he moved back to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He played the season to the end and was only used sporadically in the following season. At the end of the season, Stevens ended his career.

At the beginning of the 2005/06 season he began his new job as a scout for the Pittsburgh Penguins, which he held until the end of the 2011/12 season . Before the 2017/18 season , the pens hired him again.

International

After completing his college days, Stevens was recruited by the US ice hockey association USA Hockey in preparation for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada . For the national team, he first competed in the 1987 World Cup in the Austrian capital of Vienna , followed by the preparation time for the Olympic ice hockey tournament . Following this - the US boys finished both tournaments in seventh place - Stevens' time in the association team initially ended. He made further appearances in the national jersey at the 1990 World Cup in Switzerland and the 1996 World Cup - again in Vienna. There he won the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

International

Team records

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 Boston College Hockey East 37 6th 14th 20th 36
1984/85 Boston College Hockey East 40 13 23 36 36
1985/86 Boston College Hockey East 42 17th 27 44 56
1986/87 Boston College Hockey East 39 35 35 70 54
1987/88 Team USA International 44 22nd 23 45 52
1987/88 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 16 5 2 7th 8th - - - - -
1988/89 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 45 24 41 65 113 - - - - -
1988/89 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 24 12 3 15th 19th 11 3 7th 10 16
1989/90 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 29 41 70 171 - - - - -
1990/91 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 40 46 86 133 24 17th 16 33 53
1991/92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 54 69 123 254 21st 13 15th 28 28
1992/93 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 72 55 56 111 177 12 5 11 16 22nd
1993/94 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 83 41 47 88 155 6th 1 1 2 10
1994/95 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 27 15th 12 27 51 12 4th 7th 11 21st
1995/96 Boston Bruins NHL 41 10 13 23 49 - - - - -
1995/96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 20th 3 10 13 22nd - - - - -
1996/97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 69 14th 20th 34 96 - - - - -
1997/98 New York Rangers NHL 80 14th 27 41 130 - - - - -
1998/99 New York Rangers NHL 81 23 20th 43 64 - - - - -
1999/00 New York Rangers NHL 38 3 5 8th 43 - - - - -
2000/01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 23 2 7th 9 18th - - - - -
2000/01 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 32 8th 15th 23 55 17th 3 3 6th 20th
2001/02 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 32 1 4th 5 25th - - - - -
NCAA overall 158 71 99 170 182
NHL overall 874 329 397 726 1470 103 46 60 106 170

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1987 United States WM 7th place 8th 1 1 2 10
1988 United States Olympia 7th place 6th 1 3 4th 2
1990 United States WM 5th place 10 5 2 7th 18th
1996 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 8th 4th 3 7th 12
Men overall 32 11 9 20th 42

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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