Puck Off Become a Patron After losing his brother Mike in the war, Max walked away from his AA hockey team and the life he knew. When his girlfriend leaves, he ends up stranded in a small town she is visiting with no money to get home. A tin league captain spots him at the rink and offers a deal—play one game in exchange for bus fare. Max takes it, thinking it’s just a way out, but once he’s back on the ice, the past he’s been running from starts to catch up.

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