To Brian, hockey is the best thing in the world. He loves to watch it on TV, but he loves to play it even more.

Even though Brian's mom encourages him to do his best in this rough sport, she is too stressed out and unhappy from her divorce to come to his practices or even his games. If only Brian's father would support him and be sitting in the stands to cheer him on But his dad lives too far away, and he hasn't visited Brian since he was three years old.

All Brian wants right now is to be on the all-star hockey team and take part in the Master Puck tournament. One day at school,...