| HBO Max | Season Premiere Date: November 28, 2025 |
Summary:
Rival pro hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) struggle to hide their relationship and growing feeling for each other in the drama series adapted from Rachel Reid's "Game Changers" book series.
[Also airs in Canada on Crave on 28 Nov 2025]
[Also airs in Canada on Crave on 28 Nov 2025]
Genre(s):
Drama, Sports
Season 1 Episodes
- No episode information is currently available for this season
RogerEbert.com
Dec 9, 2025
What the first few episodes of the series lack in dynamic storytelling, the show makes up for with the scenes shared between the two leads. .... Williams and Storrie share a chemistry so intense it rivals Bogart & Bacall, shaping this series into not only one of the most entertaining shows of the year, but also one of its most significant.
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Dec 1, 2025
Collider
Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
Critics have only been sent the season’s first two episodes, which makes it hard to tell how some of my reservations with the storytelling will play out. But so far Heated Rivalry is swoony, raunchy, very Canadian and will satisfying viewers looking for seasonal flirtation (and more) without a trace of Christmas content.
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The Guardian
Jan 12, 2026
After a while, however, watching people have sex – however perfect their bottoms – is undeniably tedious. And watching young men banter in between times (“You’re boring” says Ilya, repeatedly. “You’re an asshole,” Shane generally replies) even more so. .... Sex becomes love (and sex) and intimacy (and sex) and the banter improves a bit. Whether it is reward enough for sitting through the first few hours is for you to decide.
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The Telegraph
Jan 12, 2026
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Air Date: November 28, 2025
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