Jim McCauley, (born 1967 or 1968) is a former junior ice hockey coach and NHL Players' Association sports agent, best known as the alleged target of a murder-for-hire plot by one of his clients, former St. Louis Blues forward Mike Danton.
The charges relate to his time as coach of the Quinte Hawks Junior hockey team and involve acts on four males and three females between the ages of 14 and 16..[3] Frost spent around $200,000 to hire Marie Henein as his defence lawyer.
[5] Steve Simmons, writing in The Toronto Sun, criticized the poor performance by the Crown prosecutors, who neglected to call several witnesses who would have likely bolstered the case against Frost.
[7] The Brampton Boys tenure in Barrie, while productive on the ice, was accompanied by bizarre behavior, especially compared to the traditional deference shown by junior players.
While playing at the 2000 Memorial Cup in Halifax, Frost's players led a walkout during a customary banquet [9] and refused to shake hands with CHL commissioner David Branch during ceremonial face-offs.
[10] Jefferson would later taunt Rimouski Océanic forward and CHL Player of the Year winner Brad Richards, stating that he wouldn't last five games in the OHL.
[13] Though Danton made the National Hockey League (NHL), playing 87 games for the New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues, Frost retained almost complete control over the player.
On March 23, 2007, Frost was also charged with fraud, impersonation and breach of probation for allegedly trying to purchase nearly $90 in gasoline by using a credit card registered to Mike Danton.
[17] Since being acquitted on sexual exploitation charges in November, Frost launched a website claiming to "unleash secret stories about the NHL, [offer] closely guarded playbooks and [give] advice for young players trying to make the big league.