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David James Frost, a.k.a. Jim McCauley, 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. Frost currently operates a sports consulting service and travels across North America providing this service on a contract basis. Frost also wrote his hockey autobiography: hockey book titled "Frosty: The Good The Bad The Ugly Going Up The Ranks To The NHL". He at one time worked in Laguna Niguel, California under the alias Jim McCauley working out at the Laguna Niguel Hockey Academy.〔(The Hockey News, September 29, 2010: David Frost resurfaces as Jim McCauley at California hockey academy )〕 On August 22, 2006 Frost was charged with 12 counts of sexual exploitation by the Ontario Provincial Police for crimes alleged during 1995–2001. The charges relate to his time as coach of the Quinte Hawks Junior hockey team and involve acts on three females between the ages of 16 to 18 yrs. Frost was found not guilty on those charges on November 29, 2008 after the judge in the case found "some testimony by government witnesses was simply not believable and he feared some of it had been tainted by collusion". 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.〔''The Toronto Sun'', November 29, 2008.〕 =="Brampton Boys" regime== Frost got his start as a coach with the Toronto Young Nationals, an PeeWee club where he coached, among others, Mike Jefferson (later ''Mike Danton''), Sheldon Keefe, and Joe Goodenow (son of then NHLPA Head Bob Goodenow). He was suspended from the Metro Toronto Hockey League following allegations he forged the signature of the club's general manager.〔 He then took his "Brampton Boys", a reference to the Toronto suburban city of Brampton, to the Quinte Hawks Metro Junior A Club in Deseronto. He was suspended from the Hawks after he pled guilty to a charge he assaulted (punched) a 21yr old Hawks player.〔 Frost's proteges were drafted the following season by Ontario Hockey League (OHL) teams; he was known to frequently attend Sarnia Sting games to monitor the progress of Jefferson, who would eventually be dealt to the Toronto St. Michael's Majors to play with Sheldon Keefe, Ryan Barnes and Shawn Cation, who rounded out the rest of Frost's "Brampton Boys". Frost, not officially associated with the team, created so many conflicts with the St. Mike's front office that all four of his "Brampton Boys" were traded to the Barrie Colts.〔 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. Ryan Barnes was suspended for 25 games for a stick-swinging incident, while Shawn Cation was suspended for 15 games for institgating a line brawl.〔(Sapurji: Barrie Colts -- my decade's most memorable )〕 During the 2000 OHL playoffs, team captain Sheldon Keefe visibly refused to shake OHL commissioner David Branch's hand during the presentation of the J. Ross Robertson Cup. While playing at the 2000 Memorial Cup in Halifax, Frost's players led a walkout during a customary banquet 〔(Bill Stewart Story )〕 and refused to shake hands with CHL commissioner David Branch during ceremonial face-offs. The players would later refuse to stand for the national anthem.〔(Further Adventures of the Hamburg Freezers — Wild Bill Stewart )〕 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. (As of the end of the 2014-15 NHL season, the four "Brampton Boys" had finished their NHL careers with a combined 204 games, scoring a combined 38 points, while Richards is still active with over 1000 NHL regular season and playoff games, scored nearly 1000 points, and has won two Stanley Cups.) The Colts reached the Memorial Cup championship game, where they were defeated 6-2 by the Oceanic. Jefferson refused to shake Richards' hand after he had been named tournament MVP. Jefferson, Keefe and head coach Bill Stewart also walked out of the Halifax Metro Centre without conducting any interviews. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Frost (sports agent)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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