Topic: Mike Danton

Mike Danton (born Michael Sage Jefferson on October 21, 1980 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada) is a former professional ice hockey player.

Selected 135th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Danton was a left winger for the St. Louis Blues, who traded a 3rd round draft pick to New Jersey to obtain him. He played 68 games for the Blues in the 2003–04 season. While with the Devils organization, he changed his last name from Jefferson to Danton after becoming estranged from his family. He did admit he adopted the surname "Danton" from the name of a 13-year old boy at David Frost's hockey camp. He said he chose the name because it sounded "cool". He also feuded with New Jersey general manager Lou Lamoriello and was suspended by the team, prompting his eventual trade to St. Louis.

During the 2000 Memorial Cup in Halifax Jefferson commented in the press that Brad Richards wouldn't last 5 games in the OHL and later refused to shake Richards' hand after he had been named tournament MVP.