When Sam Alden's professional hockey career comes to a sudden end, he returns to his hometown and reconnects with a group of buddies who never left rural Rhode Island. Picking up where he left off after high school, he tries to leave his failed career behind and return to a simpler, more exciting time in his life. But recapturing innocence turns out to be more complicated than he imagined, and the harder he pursues adventure and escape, the wider the rift becomes between his youthful dreams and his adult reality.