Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Stevens na Brockton, Massachusetts, ma o toro na Pembroke, Massachusetts. Mgbe ọ bụ onye ntorobịa, ọ gbara asọmpi Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament nke mba ụwa na 1978 na ndị otu egwuregwu hockey ice obere Hobomock si Pembroke. Mgbe ọ na-aga ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị nke Silver Lake na Kingston, Massachusetts, Kevin Stevens na-egwu hockey na baseball. A kpọrọ ya ka ọ nwalee ma Toronto Blue Jays na Philadelphia Phillies; agbanyeghị, na-anabata na ọ bụghị nnukwu ọkpọ na baseball, o kpebiri igwu hockey kama. Stevens nabatara agụmakwụkwọ zuru oke iji kpọọ hockey maka Boston College, wee depụta ya na agba nke isii (108th n'ozuzu) na
1983 NHL draft site na Los Angeles Eze. Ọnwa ole na ole ka e mesịrị, a gbanwere ikike ya na Pittsburgh Penguins maka Anders Håkansson, onye aka ekpe si Sweden bụ onye a gbanwere na Penguins na nso nso a na Ron Meighan si Minnesota North Stars maka nchịkọta nke mbụ nke Penguins na 1983 draft (Brian Lawton).