Former NHL player Mike Danton has been granted full parole after pleading guilty five years ago in a failed murder-for-hire plot, according to an ESPN.com report on Friday. The decision followed a hearing before the National Parole Board.

Theo Fleury was cleared by the NHL to return to competition on Thursday, the league said in a news release, according to an ESPN.com report. When he left the league after the 2002-03 season, the forward was under indefinite suspension for violating the substance abuse policy. Fleury has been sober for four years with the help of Alcoholic's Anonymous and the support of his family.

The International Ice Hockey Federation approved the disputed transfer of Jiri Hudler from the Red Wings to Dynamo Moscow on Wednesday, according to an Associated Press report. The Czech forward has been at the center of a dispute between the NHL and Russia?s KHL, which have ongoing disagreements over transfers and respecting contracts.

William Del Biaggio III was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for bilking investors and banks on Tuesday. The disgraced scion of a prominent San Jose family is to report to prison in January. Del Biaggio pleaded guilty to one charge of forging financial documents to obtain $110 million in loans from several banks and two NHL owners -- Craig Leopold of the Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings owner AEG. He used the money to purchase a controlling interest in the Nashville Predators.

The son of NHL great Patrick Roy will stand trial, according to an Associated Press report on Tuesday. Jonathan Roy will face assault charges for his on-ice beating of an opposing goalie in Quebec?s major junior league. Jonathan Roy is a former goalie with the Quebec Remparts.

The head of Ice Edge insists that his bid is still alive and will be viable when the bankrupt Coyotes are sold at auction next week. "We remain confident we will finalize everything that needs to be done by Thursday," Ice Edge CEO Anthony LeBlanc told The Associated Press. Ice Edge, a partnership of eight American and Canadian investors, was a late starter in the bidding.

Vincent Damphousse says the next leader of the NHL Players? Association must be free to make decisions without the fear of being fired, according to an Associated Press report. In an interview with The Canadian Press on Tuesday, Damphousse said Paul Kelly, who was fired by the association?s executive board on Monday, was victim of ?a kind of paranoia in the group.?