(As of 2012) His father Stephen J. Kovalcik works as the fire chief for the city of Greenville, South Carolina and formerly worked as the fire chief for the city of Sterling Heights, Michigan. His mother Virginia Kovalcik is the police lieutenant with the Shelby Township Police Department (promoted from sergeant, she is the township's first female lieutenant). His older brother Chris Kovalcik, also a hockey player, is a firefighter/paramedic with the Asheville, NC Fire Department.