| Birth Date: | 6 April 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Roseville, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 210 |
| Position: | Left Wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | Los Angeles Kings Detroit Red Wings |
| Ntl Team: | USA |
| Draft: | 142nd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1974 |
| Draft Team: | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Wha Draft: | 105th overall |
| Wha Draft Team: | Phoenix Roadrunners |
| Wha Draft Year: | 1974 |
| Career Start: | 1974 |
| Career End: | 1981 |
Steven Andrew "Steve" Short (born April 6, 1954) is an American retired professional ice hockey player. He played six games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings and Detroit Red Wings during the 1977–78 and 1978–79 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1974 to 1981, was spent in the minor leagues.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1970–71 | Alexander Ramsey High School | HS-MN | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Alexander Ramsey High School | HS-MN | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | University of Wisconsin | B1G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Minnesota Junior Stars | MidJHL | 54 | 28 | 47 | 75 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 43 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1974–75 | Philadelphia Firebirds | NAHL | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 74 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 302 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 1976–77 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 48 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 135 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | ||
| 1977–78 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 67 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 236 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Kansas City Red Wings | CHL | 51 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 216 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | ||
| 1979–80 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 66 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 167 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1980–81 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 63 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 1981–82 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 337 | 15 | 63 | 78 | 958 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 53 | ||||
| NHL totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||