Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Stevens ki Brockton, Massachusetts, engari i tipu ake ia ki Pembroke, Massachusetts. I a ia e tamariki ana, i purei ia i te 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament me te roopu hockey hukapapa iti o Hobomock mai i Pembroke. I a ia e haere ana ki te Kura Tuarua o Silver Lake i Kingston, Massachusetts, i takaro a Kevin Stevens i te hokai me te peihana. I karangatia ia ki te whakamatau mo nga Toronto Blue Jays me nga Philadelphia Phillies; Heoi, i te whakaae kaore ia i te tino patu i te peera, i whakatau ia ki te purei hokai. I whakaae a Stevens ki te karahipi katoa ki te takaro i te hockey mo te Whare Wananga o Boston, a i tuhia ia i te rauna tuaono (108th katoa) i te 1983 NHL draft
e nga Kingi o Los Angeles. He maha nga marama i muri mai, i hokona ona mana ki te Pittsburgh Penguins mo Anders Håkansson, he parirau maui mai i Sweden i hokona tata nei ki nga Penguins me Ron Meighan mai i te Minnesota North Stars mo te waahanga tuatahi o te Penguins i te tau 1983 (Brian Lawton).