Jeremy Cheyne

Hockey

In 1997, Cheyne played midget AAA hockey with the Calgary Buffaloes in the Alberta Midget Hockey League (AMHL), recording 63 points (33 G, 30 A) in 33 regular-season games, along with 86 PIM. Including playoffs, he totalled 74 points (37 G, 37 A) in 42 games with 98 PIM, finishing seventh in league scoring. The Buffaloes won the AMHL league title and represented the Pacific Region at the 1998 Air Canada Cup in Sudbury, Ontario, earning the bronze medal. Cheyne was also selected to the AMHL South Division all-star team and scored a goal and an assist in a 9–6 loss to the North Division.

In 2001, Cheyne led the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) in scoring with 128 points (60 G, 68 A, 131 PIM) in 62 games. In the same year, Cheyne was selected to the AJHL All-League Team representing the North First Team as a member of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons. In addition, Cheyne was awarded the Ernie Love Trophy as the AJHL's top scorer and finished second in scoring in the Canadian Junior Hockey League.

In 2001, Cheyne received an athletic scholarship from Western Michigan University, which played Division I hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). Cheyne was awarded the Peter R. Ellis Academic Award in both 2003 and 2004 for academic excellence and maintaining the highest grade point average, 3.94, in the WMU Broncos hockey program. On January 30, 2003, Cheyne was selected as the CCHA Offensive Player of the Week.

In 2004, Cheyne signed a one-year contract with the Victoria Salmon Kings of the ECHL.

Reality television In the summer of 2004, Cheyne competed in a reality show entitled Making the Cut. The hockey-themed show aired on CBC Television in the fall of 2004 and showcased the top 68 Canadian professional hockey players not currently in the NHL. The show was filmed in Vernon, British Columbia, and included the coaching of Scotty Bowman and Mike Keenan.