A promising ice-hockey player undergoes a baptism of fire in order to be accepted by his team-mates. Sporting drama, starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb and Ed Lauter.

A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.