In post-apocaltyptic Canada, guns don’t kill people – slapshots do.
For the mutated tribes trying to survive nuclear winter – which is like normal Canadian winter, just more radioactive – hockey serves as a form of ritual warfare in which communities gamble their resources on the abilities of their squad to score goals and bust heads on the ice.
When the Atomics don’t get the supplies they need from a road-trip through southern Alberta, Skully has an idea that will take the team west across the Rocky Mountains –Â but it might end up being a one way trip, if the Okanagan Ogopogo have their way. Back in Edmonton, Lizzy and the Atomics’ second line find themselves under siege from rivals aware of the first line’s absence.