"Heated Rivalry" Is The Sexiest Show Of The Year, So Here's Why You Need To Watch It

Streaming on HBO Max and Crave; new episodes every Friday

And the winner of sexiest TV show of the year?! It’s Heated Rivalry. No questions. Based on Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series, this Canadian TV show started airing last week and has quickly become THE show you need to be watching right now. Heated Rivalry follows Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams), a Canadian ice hockey player and captain of the Montreal Metros. And, for as long as his hockey career has been in the spotlight, so has his rivalry with Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), a Russian ice hockey player and the captain of the Boston Raiders. 

Their rivalry has captured the attention of every sports fan, but what they don’t know is that Hollander and Rozanov are having a secret affair. It’s giving enemies to lovers. It’s giving hidden romance. It’s giving every single romance trope I eat up, and more. Williams and Storrie have electric chemistry, and the show does not shy away from using it. I devoured the first episodes and will be eagerly awaiting more. In the words of Williams, “Come for the hot sex and stay for the warm love.”