In this sardonic roman noir, Antoine Vachon—a loser who has lived in a pitiful bachelor apartment since his wife left him and he lost his job as a car salesman—is persuaded to coach his son's hockey team for one game because the previous coach died mysteriously. Antoine makes it through the game, to great comic effect, but things go awry when the team stops at a motel and he shares a room with star player Nguyen.