The film was produced and directed by Matthew Gannon and Michael Sarner, distributed by Stickmen Pictures LLC, aired on Versus on January 20, 2008, and was released on DVD on October 26, 2006.
[1] Coach Mike Lewis assembles the California Wave Bantam AAA travel hockey team with one goal in mind: getting to the national championship.
When the Wave reach the USA Hockey national championship in Bensenville, Illinois, they play the Dallas Alliance, TPH Thunder and Nashua Panthers.
In an action packed game that goes scoreless for two periods, the Wave are denied a goal when one of their players is called in the crease.
In the Crease was viewed by over 200,000 households during its airings on Versus in 2008 and was the #1 bestselling sports DVD on Amazon in both the U.S. and Canada upon its release.