Heated Rivalry: The Internet’s Most Talked About Show Is Finally Coming To Ireland

If you’ve been scrolling online in recent weeks, you may think that everyone has gotten really into hockey this season.

And that is kind of true…

Canadian TV series, Heated Rivalry, has taken over the internet. The series, which follows the forbidden love affair between two professional hockey players, got a small release in Canada in November.

Since then, the show has exploded on social media, causing HBO Max to buy the show’s rights in America, Australia and New Zealand. The show quickly became the most-watched series, well, everywhere.

But for us here in Ireland, we were sat twiddling our thumbs, waiting to find out if Heated Rivalry would ever find its way to us.

Thankfully, we won’t have to wait too long to watch the show that everyone is talking about!

Heated Rivalry, the steamy romantic drama adapted from Rachel Reid’s critically acclaimed Game Changers book series, has found its home in the UK and Ireland on Sky and streaming service NOW from 10th January.

If you don’t know what the show is about, well, we have you covered!

“Heated Rivalry chronicles the story of rival hockey players Shane and Ilya. Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) are two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey, bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling between two fresh-faced rookies evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial, and self-discovery,” the synopsis reads.

“Over the next eight years, the pair chase glory on the ice while struggling to navigate their feelings off it. Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can’t ignore, Shane and Ilya must decide if there is room in their fiercely competitive world for something as fragile and as powerful as real love.”

If you thought Bridgerton was steamy, then you have another thing coming for you with this show!