Mickey James III is following in his father's and grandfather's skates by playing hockey at Hartland University, but he is not enjoying the situation. For one thing he is seriously depressed, unsure of anything, even whether he can make it as a hockey player (or wants to). More troubling his rival, Jaysen Caulfield, is also on the team and seems to bitterly resent him, and Mickey actually finds Jaysen very attractive and does not know how to deal with that.