خلاصه داستان : یک جوان سیاه‌پوست در یک جامعه نژادپرستانه زندگی می‌کند. او آرزو دارد که در لیگ ملی هاکی بازی کند، اما تنش‌های نژادی آینده حرفه‌ای او را در معرض خطر قرار می‌دهد...

Out of the approximately 600 players in the National Hockey League, thirty are Black. Mattie Slaughter, a hockey phenom from the rural Black community of North Preston, wants to make it thirty-one. To reach his goal, Mattie needs to keep his nose clean and avoid trouble. Hard to do though, when you go to a school where racism taints every interaction, your older brother is a hustler and you’re crushing on a girl who’s already hooked up.