Steve Doherty was born in southwest Michigan.  While growing up, his father held a front office position in hockey operations for the Dallas Stars farm team.  Because of this, the rink was his church.  Steve and his brother were at the rink every day - in and around pro hockey their entire childhood.  In his youth, Steve played AAA travel hockey until his high school years, when he went on to play Junior A hockey in the North American Hockey League.  After junior hockey, Steve attended Western Michigan University and received his bachelor's degree in sales and business marketing.  He played two seasons of minor pro hockey in Kalamazoo, Michigan before ending his hockey career.  For most of his adult life after that, Steve lived in Colorado and Wyoming where he pursued life in the mountains to work in the ski industry.  He and his wife, Sarah, moved to Andover in 2021 with their two dogs, and currently live on Elbow Pond Road.  Steve's hobbies include mountain biking, skiing, snowmobiling, golfing, hunting, and fishing.