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Jan 12
Mike Danton's New Hockey Team
- Mike Danton as a St. Louis Blue
Former Sarnia Sting, Toronto St. Michael’s Major and Barrie Colt, Mike Danton is returning to hockey after being in prison since 2004.
Danton has been allowed to enroll at St. Mary’s University in Nova Scotia. After some hesitation, coach Trevor Stienburg has agreed to allow Danton to play on the varsity hockey team.
The Brampton, Ontario native began his OHL career in 1997-98 with the Sting and finished the season playing in Maple Leaf Gardens for the Majors. He split the 98-99 season with the Majors and Colts and finished up 99-00 in Barrie. He helped Barrie win the OHL Championship in his graduation season and the team went on to lose in the final of the Memorial Cup.
Danton played in the NHL with New Jersey and St. Louis before being charged in a murder for hire plot against his former agent, David Frost. Many say that Danton was the victim and Frost was a manipulating bastard that deserved what potentially was coming to him.
Regardless, the secret to Danton’s success in University hockey is not to get re-connected with Frost.
By the way, Trevor Stienburg is also an OHL grad, having played with the Guelph Platers and London Knights in an OHL career that spanned from 1983-84 to 1985-86. He went on to a mediocre NHL career with the Quebec Nordiques.
