Kevin Stevens
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
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International
- 1996 bronze medal at the world championship
Team records
- 123 points as left winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins (54 goals and 69 assists; 1991/92 )
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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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:
( 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 )
Web links
- Kevin Stevens at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Kevin Stevens at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Kevin Stevens at hockeydraftcentral.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stevens, Kevin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stevens, Kevin Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brockton , Massachusetts |