Former NHL player Kevin Stevens has been sentenced to probation after conspiring with another man to sell oxycodone.
Stevens, 52, pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge in a Boston court in December.
Prosecutors had sought a one-year prison sentence for Stevens, but U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr., noting Stevens' rehabilitation from a drug addiction, said "the risk of interrupting the progress that has been made is perhaps an unwise risk to take."
As a condition of his probation, Stevens must give motivational speeches about addiction and the dangers of prescription drugs.