Thirteen-year-old hockey goalie Rallo wants desparately to make the St. Sebastian team and go to the 14U National Bantam Tournament, but there are other contenders, and one of them is a hulking fourteen-year-old bully who is willing to do anything to sabotage rivals, including arranging "accidents"--but Rollo has an unexpected ally in Mr. Fairbank, the manager of the rink, and Sawchuk, Mr. Fairbank's dog.

For most of her thirteen years, Ariana Gold has been focused on living up to her mother's legacy as a figure skater, but when her father's money is lost in the stock market two months before the World Junior Championships, it looks like she will not be able to go--so the girls come up with a plan to make enough money to send the team, but a rival's parents try to ensure that their daughter will go in Ariana's place.