Jeremy Cheyne
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Jeremy Cheyne is a retired Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 professional athlete that is credited for being one of only a few Canadian born athletes to play both 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...

 and lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...

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Lacrosse

In 2004, Cheyne signed a one-year contract with the Calgary Roughnecks Professional Lacrosse Club
2006 Calgary Roughnecks season
The Calgary Roughnecks are a lacrosse team based in Calgary, Alberta playing in the National Lacrosse League . The 2006 season was the 5th in franchise history.The Roughnecks finished third in the west but lost to Colorado in the division semi-finals....

 of the National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...

. In 2005, he re-signed for an additional two year contract1. In 2006, he was moved to the active playing roster.3 An injury to his right foot led to his eventual retirement in 2006.

Hockey

In 2004, Cheyne signed a one-year contract2 with the Victoria Salmonkings
2004–05 Victoria Salmon Kings season
-Season summary:The 2004–05 Victoria Salmon Kings season is the Salmon Kings' inaugural season in the ECHL. While the Victoria region has had a long and distinguished hockey history - the Victoria Cougars won the Stanley Cup in 1925 - the region was the largest Canadian region without either...

 of the East Coast Hockey League.

Reality Television

In the summer of 2004, Cheyne competed in a reality show entitled Making the Cut
Making the Cut: Last Man Standing
Making the Cut was a Canadian reality series that followed a group of amateur ice hockey players through a rigorous training session.The first season was broadcast on CBC Television in 2004...

. The hockey themed show was aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 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
Scotty Bowman
William Scott "Scotty" Bowman is a retired National Hockey League head coach. He holds the record for most wins in league history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He coached the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and...

 and Mike Keenan
Mike Keenan
Michael Edward Keenan is a former head coach in the National Hockey League , most recently with the Calgary Flames, and former General Manager of the Florida Panthers. He is currently working as an analyst for the New York Rangers on MSG Network.Keenan was a player for the St...

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