Heading into Overtime

Lukas Peterka didn't come to Utah to get distracted.

In his second season with the Utah Yetis, the quiet, hardworking defenseman is determined to prove he belongs in the NHL—especially with trade rumors swirling around the team. Hockey has always come first. It has to. His family sacrificed too much for him to lose focus now.

Then a stray goldendoodle barrels into his life right before Christmas.

Suddenly Lukas needs a dog sitter, and Tessa Wheeler is the only person willing to handle the energetic puppy while the team is on the road. Tessa is sunshine wrapped in winter boots, surviving on dog-walking gigs while trying to build a business that doesn't trap her behind a desk.

The arrangement should be simple: she watches the dog, he plays hockey.

But between late-night puppy emergencies, a magical Christkindlmarkt, and Lukas's holiday charity event for kids in need of hockey gear, the lines between business and something more start to blur.

And for the first time, Lukas may have found something worth staying for.