Recent Posts Tagged With 'mike danton'

• The 'somewhat bizarre' case of Mike Danton

  Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 21:05 in NHL, documents, national parole board, mike danton

  Today the National Parole Board released its full, written record of the parole hearing held Sept. 11, 2009, for imprisoned former pro hockey player Mike Danton, who was jailed for trying to hire a hitman to kill his former agent and mentor. For the ...

• A strange tale of dueling hitmen from Mike Danton

  Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 06:56 in parole, mike danton, dave frost

  My full story of Mike Danton's three-hour parole hearing yesterday is here, and reproduced in full after the jump.Imprisoned former pro hockey player Mike Danton was beaming as he strolled out of the administration building yesterday morning at the m...

• Danton granted full parole, says dad was target

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 15:56 in mike danton, dave frost

  Jailed ex-pro hockey player Mike Danton was granted full parole after a 3-hour hearing today. He will be released within a few days from the minimum-security Kingston prison where's he's serving his sentence. The National Parole Board accepted the ad...

• Will Frost speak at Danton's parole hearing?

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 21:57 in parole, mike danton, dave frost

  .nobrtable br { display: none }A curious confrontation could take place tomorrow at a parole hearing for the now-infamous pro hockey player who to tried to have his former agent/mentor/coach murdered. Mike Danton (right), who played for the St. Louis...

• Danton parole hearing set for 9/11

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 06:46 in national parole board, mike danton, dave frost

  If Mike Danton is superstitious, he might want to ask the National Parole Board to reschedule his rescheduled hearing. Danton's appearance before the board, originally set for late August, has been rescheduled to September 11 (9/11). Gary Dimmock had...

• Ex-NHLer Danton gets date with parole board

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 16:20 in parole, national parole board, mike danton

  Michael Danton, an imprisoned former National Hockey League player, has a date with the National Parole Board on August 28. The board announced the date today.Danton, 28, is in minimum-security Pittsburgh Institution, a federal pen in Kingston, Ontar...

• Imprisoned NHLer Mike Danton closer to freedom

  Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 19:39 in murder for hire, mike danton, pittsburgh institution

  Mike Danton, the former pro hockey player imprisoned in a murder-for-hire plot targeting his Kingston, Ont., agent has taken a significant step toward freedom. Danton has been transferred to minimum-security Pittsburgh Institution in Kingston, prison...

• Update: Parole board confirms Mike Danton's transfer

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 09:31 in transfer, murder for hire, mike danton, dave frost

  The National Parole Board and American prison authorities confirmed today that Mike Danton was transferred March 19 to a federal prison in Ontario. Full story is here, where I'm chasing the details at my day job, at the Kingston Whig-Standard. See pr...

• Murderous ex-NHLer shipped to Canadian prison

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 20:34 in NHL, prison, transfer, murder for hire, mike danton, dave frost

  Mike Danton (above), a former NHLer who was convicted in the U.S. of conspiring to have his former mentor and agent David Frost murdered, has been transferred to a prison in Kingston, Ontario, according to The Sports Network. Seems there's good evide...