Thirty of the National Hockey League's approximately 600 players are black. Mattie Slaughter, a hockey prodigy from the rural Black community of North Preston, aspires to be the 31st. Mattie must keep his nose clean and stay out of trouble in order to reach his goal. It's difficult to do, though, when you go to a school where racism pervades every interaction, your older brother is a hustler, and you have a crush on a girl who's already in a relationship.
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Thirty of the National Hockey League's approximately 600 players are black. Mattie Slaughter, a hockey prodigy from the rural Black community of North Preston, aspires to be the 31st. Mattie must keep his nose clean and stay out of trouble in order to reach his goal. It's difficult to do, though, when you go to a school where racism pervades every interaction, your older brother is a hustler, and you have a crush on a girl who's already in a relationship.
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