"If you haven't spent the last few weeks getting lost inside the situationship of two gay hockey players, consider this your invitation to turn off whatever cheesy Christmas slop you're about to watch for the 47th time. If you don't already have a friend, group chat, or random neighbor who's broken out in a sweat while gushing to you about Heated Rivalry, then I suggest taking a look at who you're surrounding yourself with. But until then, allow me to be that friend."
"We meet Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) in 2008, as they both enter Major League Hockey (this world's version of the NHL) as hot-shot rookies. Shane's the shy Canadian prodigy who becomes captain of his team, the Montreal Meteors, leading them to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, and Ilya's a cocky Russian pitbull on the Boston Bears who's also won the Stanley Cup (but not back to back!)."
Heated Rivalry follows a years-long mid-aughts secret affair between two closeted professional hockey players, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, who present as public rivals while meeting privately whenever their teams face off. The story begins in 2008 as both enter Major League Hockey as hot-shot rookies and progresses across eight years, chronicling Shane's rise to captain of the Montreal Meteors and multiple Stanley Cup wins and Ilya's role as a cocky star on the Boston Bears. The series is adapted from a 2019 novel by Rachel Reid, was picked up in Canada by Crave, and later acquired by HBO in the U.S., generating intense online fan hype for its sexual tension and emotional drama.
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