When Jack, a sign language-speaking chimp, is sold to a research lab, he makes a break for freedom and ends up stranded in the frozen northlands. Befriended by two teens, Jack's talent for ice skating soon turns him into the local hockey team's secret weapon. Now, playoffs are in full swing. Booted from his hockey team after being wrongly accused of league misconduct, Jack takes to the road. Along the way, Jack makes friends with a skateboarder Ben and a skate shop owner Ollie.