More than 25 years after its release, Guillaume Corbeil and Marc St-Martin bring Louis Saia’s film to the stage. Based on an original idea by Richard Goudreau and a screenplay by Christian Fournier, this adaptation reunites audiences with Quebec’s most famous hockey team (OK, perhaps its second most famous…) and offers a reminder of the importance of mental toughness.
Stan, a brasserie owner and coach of a very, very amateur hockey team, loses a colossal sum playing poker against Méo, a moneylender he considers a friend. To settle the debt, Méo proposes a double-or-nothing hockey game: if Stan’s team wins, the debt is erased; if it loses, Méo takes ownership of his beloved brasserie.
While Méo assembles a team of hulking players and ex-convicts, Stan has only his boys to rely on. Coming from different backgrounds, they share little beyond their love of hockey and the beers they enjoy after games. To help the man who is more than their coach, they must set aside their differences and learn the true meaning of friendship.