Mike Danton apparently is interested in returning to professional hockey when released from jail. (Getty Images)

Former National Hockey League forward Mike Danton, who was sentenced to 7½ years in prison in November 2004, is back in Canada and seeking parole.

Danton, who has played for the St. Louis Blues and New Jersey Devils, was transferred to Ontario's Kingston Penitentiary on March 19. Since 2005, Danton had been petitioning to be moved to a Canadian prison.

Canadian officials say no dates have been set for a hearing but add a review is automatic given the time Danton has served. But it will likely take several months before he is granted parole.

The 28-year-old is also thought to be considering a return to professional hockey after posting nine goals, 14 points and 182 penalty minutes in 87 NHL games.

The Brampton, Ont. Native, who pleaded guilty to plotting to have his former agent David Frost killed in 2004, has served more than four years in a Minnesota prison.

The plan unravelled when the would-be hitman turned out to be a police informant.

Danton's plea agreement in 2004 did not identify Frost as the intended victim, but U.S. prosecutors have said in open court that Frost was the man Danton wanted killed.

Frost, who was never harmed, has frequently denied he was the target.

Danton has been in jail since he was arrested April 16, 2004, in San Jose, Calif., one day following the Blues' elimination from the NHL playoffs by the San Jose Sharks.

Danton began his troubled NHL career in New Jersey after being drafted by the Devils in the fifth round of the 2000 entry draft.

Twice suspended by the Devils for disciplinary reasons, Danton sat out the entire 2001-02 season and only played 17 games the following year.

He arrived in St. Louis in a June 2003 trade and scored seven goals, 12 points and 141 penalty minutes in the 2003-04 season.