Eric lives for hockey. Now in his thirties, he’s managed to turn his stint as an ex- Toronto Maple Leafs player into a full-time gig as a sports TV host. But When Eric’s boyfriend Sam announces that they’re about to become temporary guardians of a yound boy, Eric’s comfortable world shatters. Enter Scot- a recently orphaned, fragile 11-year-old- and Eric’s exact opposite. Freaked out by Scot’s “joie de vivre”, Eric and Sam gently nudge him away from scented hand cream and all things pink and frilly, towoards a more acceptable pastime: hockey. But after Scot’s disastrous first game, Eric begins to rethink the compromises he’s made in his own life in order to be “accepted”.