List of professional sportspeople convicted of crimes
Ice hockey
Table:
Name

Team when arrested

Offense

Sentence

Notes

Mike Danton

St. Louis Blues

conspiracy to commit murder

7½ years[313]

Released after serving five years[314][315]

Steve Durbano

retired

drug smuggling

7 years[316]

Dany Heatley

Atlanta Thrashers

vehicular homicide

3 years' probation[317]

Also ordered to give 150 speeches on the dangers of speeding, and pay $25,000 to Fulton County for the cost of investigating the crash.

Nikolai Khabibulin

Edmonton Oilers

Drunk driving

30 days[318]

Serves first 15 days of sentence with work release, last 15 days under house arrest

Craig MacTavish

Boston Bruins

vehicular homicide

1 year[319]

Tom McCarthy

retired

conspiracy to traffic drugs

five years and ten months[320]

served approx. 4 years in U.S. and Canada.[321]

Nathan Paetsch

Grand Rapids Griffins

transmission of wagering information, and structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements

eight months of home confinement plus 400 hours of community service and a fine of $265,000[322]

Bob Probert

Detroit Red Wings

drug possession

90 days[323]

[324]

Slava Voynov

Los Angeles Kings

domestic assault

90 days in jail; three years' probation[325]

Accepted a plea bargain on a misdemeanor account of corporal injury to a spouse.

From the accompanying table together with the supporting evidence below.

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Michael Sage Danton ( born Michael Stephen Jefferson , October 21 , 1980 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who last played for Rivière-du-Loup 3L in the LNAH . Danton played for the New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League between 2000 and 2004 , before being imprisoned for a conspiracy to commit murder . He was released on parole on September 11 , 2009 after 63 months in jail , the original sentence being 90 months . After being released from prison , he resumed his professional ice hockey career in various European leagues and in North America .
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis . They compete in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) as a member of the Central Division of the Western Conference . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the six teams from the 1967 NHL expansion and is named after the W. C. Handy song Saint Louis Blues . The Blues play their home games at the 19,150-seat Enterprise Center in downtown St. Louis , which has been their arena since moving from St. Louis Arena in 1994 . The Blues qualified for the playoffs in all but nine of their 52 seasons , appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals four times , and won the Stanley Cup in 2019 . Their 42 playoff appearances are the most for any NHL team outside of the Original Six , although the franchise struggled in the postseason throughout much of their history . While they made the Stanley Cup Finals in each of their first three seasons , they were swept each time . With the Blues ' victory in their fourth Stanley Cup Final , 49 years after their last appearance and in their 52nd year of existence , they became the final active team from the 1967 expansion to win their first Stanley Cup . The Blues have a rivalry with the Chicago Blackhawks , with both teams having played in the same division since 1970 . The San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League ( AHL ) and the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL are the two minor league affiliates of the Blues .
Harry Steven Durbano ( December 12 , 1951 - November 10 , 2002 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player noted for his villainous behaviour on the ice and his larger-than-life persona off it . Nicknamed the Mental Case , he is the all-time leader in penalty minutes per game in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) , with 1127 career PIMs over a mere 220 games played , for 5.12 PIMs per game .
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects , substances , information or people , such as out of a house or buildings , into a prison , or across an international border , in violation of applicable laws or other regulations . There are various motivations to smuggle . These include the participation in illegal trade , such as in the drug trade , illegal weapons trade , exotic wildlife trade , illegal immigration or illegal emigration , tax evasion , providing contraband to a prison inmate , or the theft of the items being smuggled . Smuggling is a common theme in literature , from Bizet 's opera Carmen to the James Bond spy books ( and later films ) Diamonds are Forever and Goldfinger .
Daniel James Heatley ( born January 21 , 1981 ) is a German-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger . Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft , he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the top NHL rookie in 2002 . However , after being responsible for a car crash in September 2003 that killed teammate and close friend Dan Snyder , he requested a trade and was subsequently dealt to the Ottawa Senators . One of the Senators ' perennial leading scorers during his tenure with Ottawa , Heatley set franchise records for single-season goals ( 50 ) in 2005-06 , and points ( 105 ) in 2006-07 , a season in which he also scored 50 goals . He played on the left wing with line mates Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson . The line was consistently among the highest scoring in the NHL after its formation in 2005-06 , with the trio combining for a total of 296 points that season . Heatley represented Team Canada in six World Championships , two Olympics and one World Cup of Hockey , as well as two World Junior Championships . In 2008 , he surpassed Marcel Dionne as Canada 's all-time leader in goals and Steve Yzerman as the all-time leader in points for the World Championships . At the end of the 2008-09 season , Heatley demanded a trade from the Senators . A deal was in place to send Heatley to the Edmonton Oilers on June 30 , but Heatley refused to waive his no-trade clause . On September 12 , he was dealt to the San Jose Sharks in return for Milan Michalek , Jonathan Cheechoo and a second-round draft pick in 2010 . After playing two seasons in San Jose , he was traded to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for forward Martin Havlát , his former teammate with Ottawa .
The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta . Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) on June 25 , 1997 , and became the League 's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999-2000 season . They were members of the Southeast Division of the NHL 's Eastern Conference , and played their home games at Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta . The Thrashers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs only once , during the 2006-07 season in which they won the Southeast Division , but were swept in the first round by the New York Rangers . In May 2011 , the Thrashers were sold to Canadian-based ownership group True North Sports & Entertainment . The group moved the franchise to Winnipeg , Manitoba , which became the second incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets . The sale and relocation were approved by the NHL on June 21 , 2011 . With the sale and relocation of the team , Atlanta became the first city in the NHL 's modern era to have two ice hockey teams relocate to different cities . In both cases , the team moved from Atlanta to a Western Canadian city ; the city 's previous NHL team ( the Atlanta Flames ) moved to Calgary , Alberta , in 1980 to become the Calgary Flames .
Vehicular homicide is a crime that involves the death of a person other than the driver as a result of either criminally negligent or murderous operation of a motor vehicle . In cases of criminal negligence , the defendant is commonly charged with unintentional vehicular manslaughter . Vehicular homicide is similar to the offense , in some countries , of dangerous driving causing death . The victim may be either a person not in the car with the offending motorist ( such as a pedestrian , cyclist , or another motorist ) , or a passenger in the vehicle with the offender .
Nikolai Alexandrovich Khabibulin ( /ˌhæbiˈbuːlɪn/ ( listen ) ; Russian : Николай Александрович Хабибулин , IPA : [ xəbʲɪˈbulʲɪn ] , born January 13 , 1973 ) is a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender . Known by the nickname The Bulin Wall , he spent the majority of his playing career in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) with the Winnipeg Jets , Phoenix Coyotes , Chicago Blackhawks , Tampa Bay Lightning and Edmonton Oilers . Khabibulin excelled at the international level , winning two Olympic medals ( gold and bronze ) and was named Best Goaltender at the 2002 Winter Olympics . He was the first Russian goaltender to ever win the Stanley Cup , doing so with Tampa Bay in 2004 . He was also a four-time NHL All-Star .
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton . They compete in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference . The Oilers were officially founded in 1971 by W. D. Wild Bill Hunter and Dr. Chuck Allard . The team played its first season in 1972 , as one of the twelve founding franchises of the major professional World Hockey Association ( WHA ) . They were originally intended to be one of two WHA Alberta teams , along with the Calgary Broncos . However , when the Broncos relocated to Cleveland , Ohio , before the WHA 's first season began , the Oilers were renamed the Alberta Oilers . They returned to their current name in the following year , and subsequently joined the NHL in 1979 as one of four franchises absorbed through the NHL merger with the WHA . After joining the NHL , the Oilers went on to win the Stanley Cup on five occasions : 1983-84 , 1984-85 , 1986-87 , 1987-88 and 1989-90 . Along with the Pittsburgh Penguins , they are tied for the most championships won by any team since the NHL-WHA merger and also the most won by any team that joined the league in or after 1967 . Among all NHL teams , only the Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup more times since the League 's 1967 expansion . For their success in the 1980s , the Oilers team of this era has been honoured with dynasty status by the Hockey Hall of Fame . However , the Oilers began to struggle greatly shortly after the 2004-05 NHL lockout , having missed the playoffs every year since 2006 , with the exception of 2016-17 .
Driving under the influence ( DUI ) is the crime or offense of driving or operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs ( including recreational drugs and those prescribed by physicians ) , to a level that renders the driver incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely .
Craig MacTavish ( born August 15 , 1958 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player . He last coached Team Canada at the 2019 Spengler Cup , after a short stint with Russian team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL . He played centre for 17 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins , Edmonton Oilers , New York Rangers , Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues , winning the Stanley Cup four times ( 1987 , 1988 , 1990 , 1994 ) . MacTavish later coached the Oilers from 2000 to 2009 and also served as assistant coach with the Rangers and Oilers . He is notable as the last NHL player to not wear a helmet during games .
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston . They compete in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference . The team has been in existence since 1924 , and is the league 's third-oldest team overall and the oldest in the United States . It is also an Original Six franchise , along with the Chicago Blackhawks , Detroit Red Wings , Montreal Canadiens , New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs . The Bruins have won six Stanley Cup championships , tied for fourth most of all-time with the Blackhawks and tied second-most of any American NHL team also with the Blackhawks ( behind the Red Wings , who have 11 ) . The first facility to host the Bruins was the Boston Arena ( today 's Matthews Arena ) - the world 's oldest ( built 1909-10 ) indoor ice hockey facility still in use for the sport at any level of competition - and following the Bruins ' departure from the Boston Arena , the team played its home games at the Boston Garden for 67 seasons , beginning in 1928 and concluding in 1995 , when they moved to the TD Garden .
Thomas Joseph McCarthy ( born July 31 , 1960 ) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player . He played 460 games in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars and Boston Bruins . McCarthy is currently the owner of the Espanola Express hockey team .
Nathan Paetsch ( born March 30 , 1983 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League ( AHL ) .
The Grand Rapids Griffins are a professional hockey team in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) based in Grand Rapids , Michigan and play home games at Van Andel Arena . They are the AHL affiliate to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League , and are the 2013 and 2017 Calder Cup champions . The franchise began in the now-defunct International Hockey League in 1996 and merged into the AHL in 2001 . The only player to have his number retired in team history is Travis Richards .
Robert Alan Probert ( June 5 , 1965 - July 5 , 2010 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward . Probert played for the National Hockey League 's Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks . While a successful player by some measures , including being voted to the 1987-88 Campbell Conference all-star team , Probert was best known for his activities as a fighter and enforcer , as well as being one half of the Bruise Brothers with then-Red Wing teammate Joey Kocur , during the late 1980s and early 1990s . Probert was also known for his off-ice antics and legal problems .
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit . They compete in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference , and are one of the Original Six teams of the league . Founded in 1926 , the team was known as the Detroit Cougars until 1930 . For the 1930-31 and 1931-32 seasons the team was called the Detroit Falcons , and in 1932 changed their name to the Red Wings . As of 2020 [ update ] , the Red Wings have won the most Stanley Cup championships of any NHL franchise based in the United States ( 11 ) and are third overall in total Stanley Cup championships , behind the Montreal Canadiens ( 24 ) and Toronto Maple Leafs ( 13 ) . The Wings played their home games at Joe Louis Arena from 1979 until 2017 , after playing for 52 years in Olympia Stadium . They moved into the new Little Caesars Arena beginning with the 2017-18 season . The Red Wings are one of the most popular and successful franchises in the NHL ; fans and sports commentators refer to the Detroit area as Hockeytown , which has been a registered trademark owned by the franchise since 1996 . Between the 1931-32 and 1965-66 seasons , the Red Wings missed the playoffs only four times . Between the 1966-67 and 1982-83 seasons , the Red Wings made the playoffs only two times . However , thereafter , from 1983-84 to 2015-16 , they made the playoffs 30 times in 32 seasons , including 25-straight from 1990-91 to 2015-16 ( not counting the cancelled 2004-05 season ) , in 2006 this became the longest active streak of postseason appearances in all of North American professional sports and finished tied for the third longest streak in NHL history . Since 1983-84 , the Red Wings have tallied six regular season first-place finishes and have won the Stanley Cup four times ( 1997 , 1998 , 2002 , and 2008 ) .
Vyacheslav Slava Leonidovich Voynov ( Russian : Вячесла́в Леони́дович Во́йнов ; born 15 January 1990 ) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) , while also being suspended by the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The Los Angeles Kings terminated Voynov 's six-year , $ 25-million contract in 2015 but retained his rights . Voynov was selected by the Kings in the second round , 32nd overall , of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft .
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles . They compete in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference . The team was founded on June 5 , 1967 , after Jack Kent Cooke was awarded an NHL expansion franchise for Los Angeles on February 9 , 1966 , becoming one of the six teams that began play as part of the 1967 NHL expansion . The Kings played their home games at The Forum in Inglewood , California , a suburb of Los Angeles , for thirty-two years , until they moved to the Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles at the start of the 1999-2000 season . During the 1970s and early 1980s , the Kings had many years marked by impressive play in the regular season only to be washed out by early playoff exits . Their highlights in those years included the strong goaltending of Rogie Vachon , and the Triple Crown Line of Charlie Simmer , Dave Taylor and Hall of Fame player Marcel Dionne , who had a famous upset of the uprising Edmonton Oilers in a 1982 playoff game known as the Miracle on Manchester . In 1988 , the Kings traded with the Oilers to get their captain Wayne Gretzky , leading to a successful phase of the franchise that raised hockey 's popularity in Los Angeles , and helped raise the sport 's profile in the American Sun Belt region . Gretzky , fellow Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille and defenseman Rob Blake led the Kings to the franchise 's sole division title in 1990-91 , and the Kings ' first Stanley Cup Final appearance in 1993 . After the 1993 Finals , the Kings entered financial problems , with a bankruptcy in 1995 , which led to the franchise being acquired by Philip Anschutz ( owner of Anschutz Entertainment Group , operators of Staples Center ) and Edward P. Roski . A period of mediocrity ensued , with the Kings only resurging as they broke a six-year playoff drought in the 2009-10 season , with a team that included goaltender Jonathan Quick , defenseman Drew Doughty , and forwards Dustin Brown , Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams . Under coach Darryl Sutter , who was hired early in the 2011-12 season , the Kings won two Stanley Cups in three years : 2012 , over the New Jersey Devils , and 2014 , against the New York Rangers while Quick and Williams respectively won the Conn Smythe Trophy .