As Canada prepares for war, Cape Breton Island is divided. Roadblocks and boycott threaten to bring wartime production of coal and steel to a screeching halt.

February 1941… On the eve of the Cape Breton Hockey League finals goalkeeper Earl Boates is missing. Following his absence… mind-boggling controversies affecting households, friendships and loyalties result in one of the most bizarre episodes in the history of Canadian Sports heritage.