Jeff Kealty is a former professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 defenseman

Defenceman (ice hockey)

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. He was drafted in the first round, 22nd overall, by the Quebec Nordiques

Quebec Nordiques

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 in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft

1994 NHL Entry Draft

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. However, he never played in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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, retiring after playing just 71 games with the Milwaukee Admirals

Milwaukee Admirals

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 of the International Hockey League.

After retiring from playing, Kealty became a scout for the Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators

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organization. In 2007, he was named the team's chief amateur scout.