Career
Lacrosse In 2004, Cheyne signed a one-year contract with the Calgary Roughnecks Professional Lacrosse Club of the National Lacrosse League. In 2005, he re-signed for an additional two-year contract1. In 2006, he was moved to the active playing roster.3 A lower body injury led to his eventual retirement following the 2006 campaign.
On April 16, 2006, playing in his first NLL game versus the Colorado Mammoth, Cheyne collected 2 goals in a 17-7 loss14.
In 2006, Cheyne signed with the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association. In 2015, Cheyne"s minor lacrosse jersey was retired by the Calgary Axemen Lacrosse Club13 in a ceremony held at the Canada Day Lacrosse Tournament on June 28, 2015.
Hockey In 2001, Cheyne led the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) in scoring with 128 points (60 G, 68 A, 131 PIM) in 62 games7. In addition, Cheyne was awarded the Ernie Love Trophy as the AJHL"s Top Scorer and finished 2nd in scoring in the Canadian Junior Hockey League9.
In 2001, Cheyne received an athletic scholarship from Western Michigan University10 that played Division 1 hockey in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA).
Cheyne was awarded the Peter R. Ellis Academic Award11 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 Week12. In 2004, Cheyne signed a one-year contract2 with the Victoria Salmonkings of the ECHL.