Kevin Stevens Kevin Stevens ( born April 15 , 1965 in Brockton , Massachusetts ) is a retired NHL hockey player and current NHL scout for the Pittsburgh Penguins . He is best known for being the left wing for Mario Lemieux during the Penguins ' Stanley Cup Championships in 1991 and 1992 seasons . During his career , he played with the Pittsburgh Penguins , Boston Bruins , Los Angeles Kings , New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers . Early career . While attending Silver Lake Regional High School in Kingston , Massachusetts , Kevin Stevens played both hockey and baseball . He was invited to try out for both the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies ; however , admitting that he wasn ' t a great hitter in baseball , he decided to play hockey instead . Stevens accepted a full scholarship to play hockey for Boston College , and was drafted in the sixth round ( 108th overall ) in the 1983 NHL draft by the Los Angeles Kings . Several months later , his rights would be traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Anders Hakansson , a left winger from Sweden who had recently been traded to the Penguins along with Ron Meighan from the Minnesota North Stars for the Penguins ' first round pick of the 1983 draft ( Brian Lawton ) . Upon graduating from Boston College in 1987 , Stevens joined the U . S . National Team under the direction of famed head coach Herb Brooks . Stevens ' play steadily improved during his time with the team and he finished with 45 points in 44 games . NHL career . After a year of jumping back and forth between the National Hockey League ( NHL ) and the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League ( IHL ) , Stevens became one of the top left wingers and power forwards in the league over the next four seasons . He had four - straight seasons of at least 40 goals and 80 points from 1990 – 94 and surpassed 50 goals and 100 points in back to back seasons of 1991 – 92 and 1992 – 93 . In the 1991 – 92 NHL season , Stevens became only the 3rd person in NHL history to outscore Wayne Gretzky in the regular season , though he still finished 2nd in points to teammate Mario Lemieux . His 123 points that year also set a record for the most points by an American - born player and a left wing in one season . During the Pittsburgh Penguins back - to - back Stanley Cup seasons of 1990 – 91 and 1991 – 92 , Stevens was the only Penguin to play in every regular season and playoff game . During this time he picked up his nickname , " Artie . " On May 14 , 1993 , the Penguins were playing the New York Islanders in game seven of the Patrick Division Finals when Kevin Stevens suffered a terrible injury . Early in the first period , Stevens skated in and attempted to hit Islanders defenceman Rich Pilon , but instead was met by Pilon ' s visor which promptly knocked Stevens unconscious . He fell and hit the ice face first , and was unable to use his hands or arms to cushion the blow . Stevens then needed extensive reconstructive surgery on his face . Doctors cut an incision below his hairline from ear - to - ear , which was later closed with over 100 stitches , peeled back his skin and reassembled the bones in Stevens face with the use of metal plates . Stevens came back to have one more strong season for the Penguins in 1993 – 94 ( 41 goals , 47 assists ) , before being traded the next year . Stevens was sent to the Boston Bruins in 1995 along with Shawn McEachern for Glen Murray and Bryan Smolinski . After being traded from the Penguins , Stevens never again reached the success that he had while in Pittsburgh . After " disappointing " in Boston with 23 points in 41 games , he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings . After a dismal season , he was traded to the New York Rangers in 1997 , where he experienced several solid seasons , but failed match the expectations levied on him when he played for the Penguins . During the 1999 – 2000 season , Stevens would hit rock bottom in his NHL career . Not only did he rarely see the ice during this season , but after a game against the St . Louis Blues , he was caught in a motel with a prostitute and crack cocaine , supposedly bought with stolen meal money from the Rangers . After this humiliating event , Stevens entered the NHL Substance Abuse Program . After being released from the program , he played a brief stint with the Philadelphia Flyers before being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second time . After one decent season and another season where he rarely received playing time , he retired from the NHL in 2002 . Post - NHL . On September 1 , 2005 , Stevens began his NHL career off the ice as he was hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins as a scout .