Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie in 'Heated Rivalry' Sabrina Lantos/HBO Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Heated Rivalry has finally scored a home in the U.K. and Ireland. The gay hockey romance series is heading to Sky and its streaming service Now in January, Sky and Bell Media announced Wednesday. The series is airing on streamer Crave in Canada. HBO Max is the show's U.S. home, while it's airing on Sky in New Zealand. The show, created for television by Letterkenny alum Jacob Tierney and adapted from Rachel Reid's novel of the same name, centers around a fictional hockey universe. Heated Rivalry focuses on two rival professional hockey players - Canadian-born Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) of the fictitious Montreal Metros and Russian-born Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) of the fictitious Boston Raiders - as they navigate a years-long secret fling. Tierney and Brendan Brady are showrunning the series from Accent Aigu Entertainment. Related Stories Business Media, Telecom Deals Value Soars on Mega-Mergers -- And That's Before Warner Bros. Movies Berlin Unveils First Panorama and Generation Titles Heated Rivalry is produced by Accent Aigu Entertainment in association with Bell Media's Crave and distributed internationally by Sphere Abacus. Lucy Criddle, director of acquisitions and strategic projects, and Alexander Wright, acquisitions manager, handled the acquisition for Sky. The show's source material is the second in a string of gay hockey romance novels by Reid that are all set in the same universe. A synopsis from Heated Rivalry's producers reads: "Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov 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 confused teenagers at 17 evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial, and self-discovery. Over the next eight years, as they chase glory on the ice, they struggle to navigate their feelings off of it. Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can't ignore, Shane and Ilya must decide if there's room in their fiercely competitive world for something as fragile - and powerful - as real love." Heated Rivalry was already gaining traction online ahead of its premiere, but it's become increasingly popular in the nearly four weeks since its debut. The show's fifth episode will air on Crave and HBO Max Thursday (Dec. 18). It premieres on Sky in the U.K. and Ireland on Jan. 10. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Live Feed Neil Patrick Harris on the 'Is It Cake?' Vibes of His New Netflix Game Show 'What's In the Box?' Live Feed 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' Prequel Focused on Wyatt Russell's Lee Shaw Set at Apple TV noads Jingle Ball 2025 Livestream: How to Watch iHeartRadio's Annual Event Online Netflix Netflix to Adapt 'The God of the Woods' Novel for Series Adaptation versant Rory McIlroy and Versant Are Launching a Production Company Live Feed Daniel Diemer Was Destined to Be Tyson in 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' Live Feed Neil Patrick Harris on the 'Is It Cake?' Vibes of His New Netflix Game Show 'What's In the Box?' Live Feed 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' Prequel Focused on Wyatt Russell's Lee Shaw Set at Apple TV noads Jingle Ball 2025 Livestream: How to Watch iHeartRadio's Annual Event Online Netflix Netflix to Adapt 'The God of the Woods' Novel for Series Adaptation versant Rory McIlroy and Versant Are Launching a Production Company Live Feed Daniel Diemer Was Destined to Be Tyson in 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians'