The celebrities of the favored Canadian hockey drama “Heated Rivalry” are headed to the Olympics.
Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie can be among the many torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Video games in February.
Williams performs Shane Hollander and Storrie performs Ilya Rozanov within the Crave-produced present. Williams is from Kelowna, B.C., and Storrie is American.
Hollander and Rozanov are two of one of the best hockey gamers on the planet and rivals on the ice who wrestle to comprise their emotions for one another off it.
“Heated Rivalry” will begin airing in Italy on Feb. 1 on HBO Max, which can also be one of many official Olympic rights holders for the Milan Cortina Video games. Viewers in Canada can proceed to look at it on Crave.
There are 16 extra days left within the torch’s journey to the Olympic opening ceremony on Feb. 6.
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“Heated Rivalry” has already been renewed for a second season after its runaway success on streaming platforms in Canada and the USA.
The six-episode collection is predicated on a homosexual hockey romance collection known as “Sport Changers” by Rachel Reid. The display adaptation was written by Jacob Tierney for Crave.
Tierney is the co-writer, director, and government producer of the sitcom “Letterkenny” and an government producer and director on the hockey comedy “Shoresy.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 22, 2026.
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