Checking for Love

By: Cassidy Berg

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When your NHL dream comes with pink goalie pads, a pickle obsession, and a documentary filmmaker who can't tell a five-hole from a sinkhole, you know you're in for an unconventional season.

Gentry Campbell's hockey dreams ended years ago—or so he thought. Now he teaches adult beginners how to skate without falling and coaches a girls' high school team, content with his ordinary life. Until a freak accident lands him on the ice as the Minnesota Wild's emergency backup goalie, wearing borrowed pink pads covered in unicorn stickers.

Ellie Thompson is tired of people doubting her documentary about late bloomers in sports. When the charming emergency goalie with the pickle sandwich superstition starts mentoring her brother through a scoring slump, she knows she's found the perfect subject. She just didn't expect to find the perfect man.

Between bizarre teaching methods involving Groucho Marx glasses, a physics-obsessed adult student calculating save percentages, and an opera-singing zamboni driver providing unsolicited romantic advice, Gentry and Ellie discover that sometimes the best dreams aren't the ones you chase—they're the ones that find you.

A heartwarming romantic comedy about second chances, found family, and the joy of discovering your true calling—even if it comes with a side of pickles.