Cup champion Kevin Stevens charged with drug offence

Kevin-Stevens

Pittsburgh Penguins' Kevin Stevens, left, slips past the Chicago Blackhawks' Rod Buskas on his way to the Penguins' first goal during the first period of Game 4 in the Stanley Cup finals Monday night in Chicago, June 1, 1992. Stevens, a two-time Stanley Cup champion hockey player from Massachusetts, has been charged in federal court with conspiring to sell oxycodone in the state. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fred Jewell)

Kevin Stevens, a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins, was charged in federal court Thursday with conspiring to sell oxycodone, the Boston Globe reported.

Stevens, a 51-year-old Massachusetts native, and Christopher Alonardo are charged with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone around the fall of 2015.

Both men are being held until a detention hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

Stevens, a three-time all-star in the early ’90s, scored 726 points in 874 NHL games with the Penguins, Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers. After being arrested on solicitation and drug charges in 2000, he entered the NHL’s Substance Abuse Program. Stevens retired in 2002.

In a statement to the Boston Globe, Stevens’ attorney, John J. Commisso of Jackson Lewis, P.C. in Boston, said the former star remains plagued with “injuries, pain, and other challenges.”

Commisso said Stevens would contest the charges and expects he will be released within a few days.

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