Ex-Blue Danton Receives 71/2 Years

Former St. Louis Blues player Mike Danton was sentenced Monday to 7 1/2 years in prison for trying to have his agent killed.

Danton, 24, said nothing as U.S. District Judge William Stiehl imposed the sentence.

Danton is expected to ask to be moved to a prison in his native Canada. His contract with the Blues expired after the 2003-04 season.

Danton pleaded guilty in July to murder conspiracy charges. Prosecutors said he tried to hire a hit man to kill David Frost, his agent and Canadian youth hockey coach. A phone call to Frost was not immediately returned.

Authorities said Danton and Frost had argued over Danton’s alleged promiscuity and alcohol use, and Danton feared Frost would tell the Blues’ front office about his behavior.