[1] In his freshman year, he earned his first paid writing assignment with the University newspaper by interviewing Eastern Michigan football coach George Mans.
[1] He began his sports journalism career with The Times Herald in 1982 as a writer covering the Detroit Red Wings from 1982 to 1986.
[3] As a reporter, Allen broke the news of Mario Lemieux coming out of retirement to play for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Of the incident Eric Duhatschek, Vice President of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, stated "That was a clean kill by Kevin.
[6] In 2019, Frank Seravalli was elected the new president of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and Allen was named secretary.