'Heated Rivalry' Is As Heartfelt As It Is Horny
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The HBO Max series starring Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams is a hit with critics and audiences.
It is quite something to see so many Americans go crazy over a gay hockey show with numerous sex scenes in 2025.
“Heated Rivalry,” the hit new series from HBO Max and Canadian streamer Crave, follows a yearslong romance between hockey players Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie). Playing for rival teams but finding themselves drawn to one another, Shane and Ilya start a secret fling that develops into a long journey of love, denial and self-discovery over the course of eight years. The series is based on a popular novel by Rachel Reid and adapted for television by Jacob Tierney.
Screenshots from this show might have you reaching for your remote or phone faster than you’d care to admit. The show is full of sex scenes that are now being ranked by their horniness on queer and mainstream platforms. The show, much like its book, is fun and escapist and as horny as it is heartfelt.
At a surprise appearance at Hi Tops, a gay sports bar in West Hollywood, Storrie took the mic and jokingly said to the adoring crowd, “Thank you for tweeting about our butts,” before going on to talk more seriously about how much it means to them to see so many people in LGTBQ+ communities embrace them and their show.
Indeed, their cheeks have had a whole lot to do with the show’s immediate virality. “Heated Rivalry” has been seemingly unmovable from HBO Max’s Top 10 shows since its premiere in November. Season 1 sits at 96% approval on Rotten Tomatoes among critics, with a 91% audience score. Posts on X are clearly still part of what helps a TV show reach larger audiences, and the rise of this show is a testament.
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