Mike Danton
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Mike Danton (b. Michael Jefferson on October 21, 1980 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada) was a professional ice hockey player. He is currently serving a prison sentence for conspiracy to commit murder.
Playing Career
Selected 135th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Danton is a left winger for the St. Louis Blues, who traded a 3rd round draft pick to New Jersey to obtain him. He played 68 games for the Blues in the 2003-04 season.
However, his career is probably over after, in a case which shocked the hockey world, he was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder. On July 16 2004, Danton pleaded guilty to attempting to hire a hitman, who was actually an FBI agent, to murder David Frost, his agent. To this day, however, Frost denies that he was the target and a degree of mystery surrounds the case.
Danton was sentenced to 7½ years in prison without a chance of parole, but is currently seeking transfer to a prison in Canada.
Career Statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997-98 | Sarnia | OHL | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 37 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997-98 | St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 77 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | St. Michael's Majors | OHL | 27 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 116 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998-99 | Barrie | OHL | 26 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 62 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 38 | ||
| 1999-00 | Barrie | OHL | 58 | 34 | 53 | 87 | 203 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 107 | ||
| 2000-01 | Albany | AHL | 69 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 195 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | New Jersey | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | New Jersey | NHL | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | St. Louis | NHL | 68 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 141 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| NHL Totals | 87 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 182 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||