Albertan farm-boy Sheldon Kennedy is constantly abused by his dad. He thinks being recruited for professional ice-hockey at age 14 by a beloved hockey coach is an ideal way out, until he learns a horrible truth. After a shot-gun Vegas marriage with fashion model, Jana, and learning she's pregnant, Sheldon breaks down and tells her what's been eating at him since his recruitment: coach Graham James, who arranged for him to be transferred each time James was, had been sexually abusing him. Sheldon fears he will be laughed away and lose his only career avenue if he goes public, and must ultimately deal with what happened to him as a youth and the repercussions of coming clean to not only himself, but to the world.
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