Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person but it
means everything to the residents of Beartown a community slowly being eaten alive by
unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention
to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who
would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly mean
everything to Amat a short scrawny teenager who is treated like an outcast everywhere but on
the ice to Kevin a star player just on the cusp of securing his golden future in the NHL and
to Peter their dedicated general manager whose own professional hockey career ended in
tragedy. At first it seems like the team might have a shot at fulfilling the dreams of their
entire town. But one night at a drunken celebration following a key win something happens
between Kevin and the general manager's daughter--and the next day everything seems to have
changed. Accusations are made and like ripples on a pond they travel through all of Beartown
leaving no resident unaffected. With so much riding on the success of the team the line
between loyalty and betrayal becomes difficult to discern. At last it falls to one young man
to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear.-
