# A Deal with the Hockey Captain
**A Deal with the Hockey Captain** is a 2025 vertical-drama mini-series about Dora, a shy college student who joins her university's hockey team as an assistant, secretly in love with player Leo, and strikes a deal with team captain Troy to help her win Leo's heart, only to find her feelings shifting as secrets and team drama complicate the arrangement.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37162160/plotsummary/) It was produced for DramaBox, a mobile platform that specializes in short, vertically formatted dramas, and it became one of the platform's widely discussed romance titles.[2](https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/review-jake-galluccio-and-lydia-pearl-pentz-star-in-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | 58-episode vertical mini-series, not a traditional feature film[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes) |
| Episode length | Roughly 1.5 to 2 minutes per episode; the full run totals about 96 minutes[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes) • [4](https://letterboxd.com/film/a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain/) |
| Release | First episode released June 2, 2025 (United States)[5](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt37162160/) |
| Director and writer | Directed by Longwei Deng from a screenplay by Max Archer[2](https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/review-jake-galluccio-and-lydia-pearl-pentz-star-in-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain/) |
| Leads | Lydia Pearl Pentz as Dora, Jake Galluccio as Troy, Ty Warner as Leo[2](https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/review-jake-galluccio-and-lydia-pearl-pentz-star-in-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain/) |
| Platform | Exclusive to the DramaBox app; not on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes) |
| Genre tags | Romance, sweet love, love triangle[6](https://www.dramaboxapp.com/episode/41000116285/593834929) |
## Spoilers
### Story
Dora, a shy and studious college student, works as an assistant to the university hockey team while carrying a long-standing crush on player Leo. After a humiliating rejection, she makes a deal with the team captain, Troy: he will help her transform her style and confidence so she can win Leo over, and in exchange she helps him with matters off the ice.[2](https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/review-jake-galluccio-and-lydia-pearl-pentz-star-in-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain/) • [7](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-talk-drama-to-me-306914868/episode/a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-307947782/)
As Dora gains confidence, sparks develop between her and Troy, and secrets, sabotage, and shifting loyalties within the team complicate the arrangement.[6](https://www.dramaboxapp.com/episode/41000116285/593834929) A subplot the series adds to the familiar makeover formula involves a bookmaker and an attempt to set Troy up for match fixing, which gives the villain arc more structure than a simple rival-for-affection plot.[8](https://www.verticaldramalove.com/reviews/adealwiththehockeycaptain) A recurring comedic motif, the "turkey handshake" that Dora and Troy develop, became a viral talking point among fans on TikTok.[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes)
## Cast and production
The series carries an official IMDb listing as a 2025 TV mini-series with ten cast members.[5](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt37162160/) Lydia Pearl Pentz plays Dora, and Jake Galluccio plays Troy; a review in Digital Journal praised their chemistry and described Galluccio's work as the lead male as subtle and intricate.[2](https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/review-jake-galluccio-and-lydia-pearl-pentz-star-in-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain/) [Ty Warner](https://www.edgepedia.org/ty-warner) plays Leo, Tenley Stitzer plays the manipulative Mindy, and the supporting cast includes Jason Caceres as Renarto, Andrew Searles as Big Mike, Céline Planata as Chloe, and Danielle Aldrich as Hailey.[5](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt37162160/) • [9](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/celineplanata)
Josh Moody served as cinematographer and Yunbing Li as casting director.[5](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt37162160/) DramaBox, the platform behind the series, is operated by StoryMatrix, part of the Dianzhong group, and is based in Singapore.[10](https://index.verticalclap.com/en/serie/100/)
## Format and distribution
The series is filmed in a 9:16 vertical aspect ratio for smartphone viewing, with each short episode ending on a hook to encourage continuous watching.[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes) DramaBox distributes it on a freemium model: the first episodes are free, and later episodes require in-app coins, which viewers can buy or earn through the app's Daily Tasks system of check-ins and sponsored advertisements.[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes) Official compilations on YouTube typically cover only the first act of the story, and the final episodes remain exclusive to the app.[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes)
Because the combined runtime of the 58 episodes is close to that of a feature film, fans frequently search for a "full movie" version, which has produced a spread of incomplete or mislabeled uploads on third-party video sites.[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes) The series is also known in Spanish as *Un trato con el capitán de hockey* (also listed as *Dora, una chica ñoña de la Universidad*).[11](https://www.razon.com.mx/entretenimiento/2025/08/27/un-trato-con-el-capitan-de-hockey-reparto-donde-ver-y-de-que-trata-esta-serie/?outputType=amp-type)
## Reception and similar titles
Viewer ratings vary by platform: Melolo lists a user score of 8.9 out of 10 based on 1,457 verified ratings, while Simkl shows 7.6 out of 10 from 384 votes.[12](https://melolo.com/dramas/a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain) • [13](https://simkl.com/movies/2888225/a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain) Reviewers highlighted Dora's agency, the match-fixing subplot, and the chemistry between the leads as strengths, while some noted that the early bullying scenes run long.[8](https://www.verticaldramalove.com/reviews/adealwiththehockeycaptain) The Digital Journal review gave the series an A rating and compared its tone to late-1990s teen films such as *She's All That* and *[Drive Me Crazy](https://www.edgepedia.org/drive-me-crazy)*.[2](https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/review-jake-galluccio-and-lydia-pearl-pentz-star-in-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain/)
The title is frequently confused with *The Hockey Captain That Hates Me*, a separate [ReelShort](https://www.edgepedia.org/reelshort) production with a different cast and an enemies-to-lovers bully-romance premise; the character names Dora and Troy identify the DramaBox series.[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes) As of recent updates, no second season has been announced, and the 58th episode provides a closed ending for the story.[3](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes)
## References
1. [A Deal with the Hockey Captain (2025) – Plot, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37162160/plotsummary/)
2. [Review: Jake Galluccio and Lydia Pearl Pentz star in 'A Deal with the Hockey Captain', Digital Journal (February 19, 2026)](https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/review-jake-galluccio-and-lydia-pearl-pentz-star-in-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain/)
3. [Where to Watch A Deal with the Hockey Captain Full Movie and All Episodes, TeraBox News](https://news.terabox.com/hub/where-to-watch-a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-full-movie-and-all-episodes)
4. [A Deal With The Hockey Captain (2025), Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain/)
5. [A Deal with the Hockey Captain – Production & Contact Info, IMDbPro](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt37162160/)
6. [A Deal With The Hockey Captain Episode 57, DramaBox](https://www.dramaboxapp.com/episode/41000116285/593834929)
7. [A Deal with the Hockey Captain – Talk Drama To Me podcast episode, iHeart (November 19, 2025)](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-talk-drama-to-me-306914868/episode/a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain-307947782/)
8. [A Deal With The Hockey Captain review, Vertical Drama Love (Jennifer Cooper)](https://www.verticaldramalove.com/reviews/adealwiththehockeycaptain)
9. [Céline Planata – Resume, Actors Access](https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/celineplanata)
10. [A Deal with the Hockey Captain – review, tropes & where to watch, Vertical Clap](https://index.verticalclap.com/en/serie/100/)
11. [Un trato con el capitán de hockey: Reparto, dónde ver y de qué trata esta serie, La Razón de México (August 28, 2025)](https://www.razon.com.mx/entretenimiento/2025/08/27/un-trato-con-el-capitan-de-hockey-reparto-donde-ver-y-de-que-trata-esta-serie/?outputType=amp-type)
12. [A Deal With The Hockey Captain, Melolo](https://melolo.com/dramas/a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain)
13. [A Deal With The Hockey Captain (2025), Simkl](https://simkl.com/movies/2888225/a-deal-with-the-hockey-captain)
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