What our love of ‘Heated Rivalry’ tells us about the state of queer sports in Canada

By Kyle Rich, Associate Professor of Sport Management, Brock University
Ryan Storr, Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology

The Canadian TV show Heated Rivalry recently went viral and garnered a worldwide audience far beyond its domestic market. Based on the popular novel by Rachel Reid, the series follows the secret romance between two professional hockey players, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, in a fictitious league.

The queer hockey romance was reported as the most watched original series on Crave and one of the top-rated non-animated series on HBO Max.

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