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Ex-NHL agent arrested on sex charges David Frost used position of trust to prey on boys, girls, police say Gary Dimmock and Andrew Seymour CanWest News Service Wednesday, August 23, 2006 OTTAWA -- David Frost, the former NHL agent who was once the target of a foiled U.S. murder-for-hire plot hatched by one of his star players, woke up this morning in jail on charges that he sexually exploited four boys and three girls, aged 14 to 16, across a six-year period ending in 2001. The disgraced coach and mentor-turned-NHL-agent for onetime big leaguers like Mike Danton and Sheldon...

Hockey Player Pleads Guilty in Attempted Murder-for-Hire Plot Jim Salter/Associated Press EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A former professional hockey player admitted Friday that he tried to hire a hit man, almost certainly bringing his National Hockey League career to an end. Former St. Louis Blues player Mike Danton pleaded guilty to a federal murder-for-hire conspiracy charge and faces seven to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced Oct. 22. The plot unraveled when the would-be hit man turned out to be a police informant. "Obviously, this is what I think is a good result," said prosecutor Stephen...

The lives of Mike Danton and David Frost have been intertwined since their days in minor hockey, and their relationship has raised concerns wherever they have gone DESERONTO, ONT.; ST. LOUIS, MO.; TORONTO -- The Bayview Inn is a bland brick building on the outskirts of Deseronto, a tiny town bordering Mohawk territory near the north shore of Lake Ontario. It's the kind of place where fishing buddies feel comfortable parking their gear, and out-of-town hockey teams like to roost when invited to tournaments at the arena around the corner. Seven years ago, one of the rooms at the hotel...