Jeff began ice skating in January 1993. Nine months later, he joined the Sky Rink Adult Hockey League and played with Molly Wee Pub Hockey. After a disappointing season spent mostly on the bench, Jeff recruited about a dozen other players with similar hockey skills and formed the Tigers (no relation to the NYCGHA Tigers). As their captain, he led the Tigers in a disastrous first season with a record of 0-12-0 and losses by 15 goals or more per game. It was on the Tigers that Jeff Kagan met Jeff Minck, a fellow gay hockey player, although the two of them would not realize the other's orientation until 1998.

Jeff continued playing for the Tigers until they disbanded after two seasons. Since then, Jeff has played on many teams: the Mighty Narwhals, HBO Hockey, TEAM X, the Bandits, Neanderthals, Ice Pirates, Bombers, the Underdogs, the Ugly Americans, Rockets, Polar Bears, Hurricanes and Wizards. He was one of the founding members of the NY Lions and played with the team up until they won their first Sky Rink Division 6 Championship. Jeff currently plays in D7 with the Wizards.

In October 2003, Jeff was elected as the Commissioner of Gay Hockey International.

Jeff currently serves on the Board of Directors of the NYC Gay Hockey Association, the NYC Gay Basketball League, Team New York, and Out of Bounds NYC. He is also a Board member at his coop. Jeff doesn't sleep. Ever.

In his spare time, Jeff enjoys genealogical research, and he's currently creating a database of family photos with over 20,000 images.